Hackers can commandeer your email accounts and send spam from these email accounts. Many of the standard fix-its — antivirus programs, malware removers, such as: norton,mcafee,combofix.orgntacting user groups — can fail to stop this kind of spamming. This tip describes a little-publicized approach that can, for many, immediately stop such spamming in its tracks.
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Could Your Twitter Account Be Hacked Into? Here’s How You Protect Yourself
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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Small Business Security: Tips to Prevent Cyber Criminals From Stealing Your Data
Many small business owners falsely believe that a large majority of cyber criminals target big businesses. Well think again! According to an internet security threat report by Symantec, half of all attacks in 2012 were aimed at businesses with fewer than 2,500 employees.
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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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