If you’ve forgotten your MacBook password, don’t panic. Depending on how you’ve set up your device and what information you have on hand, you may be able to reset your password quickly and...
Jul 1, 2024
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Spear phishing is a targeted attempt to trick you into divulging your personal information. Attackers do this by pretending to be someone you know and are likely to trust. The fact that these...
Jun 26, 2024
11 min read
McAfee software offers simple cyber protection with an antivirus, firewall, password manager, web browsing protection, and more. Nevertheless, some users find themselves wanting to uninstall it. This might be to free up system...
Jun 21, 2024
11 min read
SSID, short for “service set identifier,” is a network’s name. Simply put, it’s the title you select when choosing a Wi-Fi network to connect to. This name helps distinguish your network from other...
Jun 19, 2024
10 min read
Bluesnarfing is an old-school method for hacking devices and downloading personal information over a Bluetooth connection without the user’s knowledge. These cyberattacks usually give the attacker limited access to data, only including things...
Jun 17, 2024
9 min read
SafeSearch is great at blocking or blurring explicit content, but it isn’t perfect. It can sometimes filter out things it shouldn’t, preventing you from viewing websites or the media you’re looking for. Fortunately,...
Jun 13, 2024
7 min read
Bluejacking is where an attacker sends an unsolicited pop-up message to you over Bluetooth. This can be done for a number of reasons. Most of these reasons are relatively harmless, but sometimes, bluejacking...
Jun 7, 2024
9 min read
While Instagram has some handy safety features baked in, there are still some risks to using it. In fact, thanks to the social media site’s popularity, some scammers specifically target Instagram users. Thankfully,...
Jun 6, 2024
15 min read
Geek Squad scams have become some of the most common online scams. Why? Because scammers know they can leverage the trustworthy, recognizable names of Best Buy and Geek Squad to trick unsuspecting people...
Jun 4, 2024
15 min read
Pretexting is a technique used in most social engineering scams and many cyberattacks. Sophisticated scammers perform detailed research into their targets to come up with convincing pretexts to trick them into handing over...
May 29, 2024
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