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
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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
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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
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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
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To define whale phishing we must understand the phases of a whaling attack and how it works. In this case, it starts with a cybercriminal, or a group of them, searching for a...
Jun 7, 2024
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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
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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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As cyberattacks become more sophisticated and occur more often, it’s becoming ever more important to improve your information security practices. This involves using first-rate software solutions while also optimizing the human element of...
May 23, 2024
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Pharming is a sophisticated phishing method that redirects a user to a malicious website after they enter a legitimate URL. It does this to trick the user into giving up their personal information...
May 17, 2024
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