The hackers who got into the Twitter account of the Associated Press in the last week of April didn’t just shock a lot of people by using that account to tweet that an explosion had occurred in the White House and had injured the President. The fact that it came from the account of the […]
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Three Techniques Used by Hackers to Break into Accounts
Due to the increasing integration between consumers’ financial lives and online technology, the subject of hacking has never been more important than it is today. Although the word has now entered our common jargon, hacking remains a mystery to most. In our culture hacking is revered as a difficult process reserved only for tech-savvy geniuses, […]
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Being Hacked is a Bad Thing. But Not Taking Control After Is Worse
A list of the major tech companies that have fallen to hackers in recent times reads like a Who’s Who – Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Evernote and so on. Hackers go after the passwords placed with these large Internet companies for a reason – they wish to use them to hack into those subscribers’ accounts. When […]
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How to : Recovering a Hacked Facebook Account
Facebook, as you well know, is the largest social network in the world. Hackers have been targeting Facebook for years. They can get several things done by hacking a Facebook user account: free advertisement of illegal products, building a list of email addresses of potential customers, attacking individuals through spyware and malware, etc. In this […]
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Making Security A Priority On Facebook
Facebook is vastly recognized as the largest and most powerful social media platform in the world. With a billion users worldwide, this social media giant presents a bundle of opportunities for its users. Whether it be the individual looking to stay in contact with their family and friends, the small organization looking to promote an […]
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