6 Things You Can Do To Minimize Falling Victim to A Scam Individuals and companies alike have been using electronic mail to communicate for some time. More recently, retail stores and banking institutions are jumping on the bandwagon in the drive to minimize sending out paper statements of accounts to their cardholders. Customers usually have […]
Continue ReadingHow technology is helping prevent fraud
When it comes to detecting and preventing fraud, most businesses will focus their efforts on external threats. However, a recent report revealed a significant increase in the share of economic crime committed by internal actors. PwC’s Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey found that employee fraud went up from 46% in 2016 to 52% in […]
Continue Reading4 Things to Learn from the Wikipedia DDoS Attack
Year after year, those who pay attention to the cybersecurity industry read a steady stream of headlines about distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The September 2019 attack on Wikipedia web sites is a good example of that fact. Basically, the exploit used a familiar method, a volumetric attack, which overwhelmed website operations in multiple […]
Continue ReadingThe VPN Consumer Market – Top Reasons Why People Invest in VPNs
In the past, VPNs were exclusively used by businesses. Today, the market looks a tad different, mainly because of how much the Internet and technology have evolved. From a non-existing market to every other person using some sort of similar solutions, the market has boomed over the past few years. But truth be told, these […]
Continue ReadingNew Gadgets That Can Improve Our Home Life
We are always looking for some new technology that can improve our lives in one way or another, and our home life is no different. Living at home with family can get tough sometimes, we know that. But there are new technologies that can facilitate our time together. These innovations in technology can improve safety […]
Continue ReadingHow to Optimize Your Home Office Space
For the longest time now, there has been a heated discussion on which environment is best suited for work. What you should appreciate is the fact that technological advancements have devised new forms of work that give room for flexibility. People nowadays spend some reasonable time working online. Research indicates that home offices have shown […]
Continue Reading4 Ways to be More Secure When Going Online
The internet can be dangerous. Especially to someone who doesn’t know how to protect themselves from these dangers. There is only so much an ordinary internet security programme can do. We continuously face threats such as malware, ransomware, and spyware. Unfortunately, we all need to do some of the protecting ourselves. Computer programmes are not […]
Continue ReadingWhat to do When a Tooth Falls Out
A smile is the first thing a person notices about someone. It is always embarrassing if someone is missing teeth or there is something wrong with them. A smile is a feature everyone should be proud one; no one should have to hide behind bad teeth. A common reason teeth are lost in adulthood is […]
Continue ReadingStaying Safe on Social Media
Staying safe on social media isn’t always as easy as it sounds. Social media is a part of everyday life for many people now. Plenty of young people use it as their main point of contact with their friends and others, and many no longer use email outside of work or school when they can […]
Continue ReadingProtecting Your Business from Ransomware: What You Need to Know
Whether you are a business or an individual, you need to protect your data and computers against the ever-growing threat of malware. The greatest of these threats is ransomware, which attacks and spreads on all networked systems after activation, encrypting and locking all data and files out of service. Hackers then demand a fee that […]
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