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online security

The UK Is Taking Online Security More Seriously

Online consumers and social media users in the UK are finally realizing that they are at risk of identity theft and cyber attacks. According to ESET, this realization has prompted many of them to...

Online e-commerce security

After Hack, Yahoo! Offers Online Security Tips

By now, most everyone has heard about the 500 million stolen accounts from Yahoo!’s network in late 2014. If you had an account with them, your name, email address, telephone number, birth date, passwords...

Yahoo hacked in 2014

Yahoo Finally Confesses: 500 Million Users Were Hacked

Experts say it could the biggest hack ever in terms of scale. In comparison, a LinkedIn hack in 2012 affected 117 million accounts, and it was announced earlier this year that 360 million MySpace...

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Do You Offer Security Awareness Training?

An hour-long lecture once a year doesn’t do much to train your employees on security awareness issues. A recent Wombat report revealed that in addition to the ever growing problem of phishing, employees across industries struggle...

How Offering Identity Theft Protection Wins Customers

A staggering 17.6 million consumers were victims of identity theft in 2014, according to estimates from the Justice Department. Identity theft is on the rise, with more and more consumers falling victim to ID...

Acer Data Breach Affects 34,500 Online Shoppers

Computer maker Acer recently reported that the sensitive data of more than 34,000 of its online customers had been compromised in a data breach, according to media reports. The data breach lasted almost a...

Fear of Cyberattacks Second Only to ISIS Fear: Pew Survey

A new survey by the Pew Research Center reveals that Americans’ fear of cyberattacks is second only to their fear of ISIS. In the survey, poll respondents reported that their number one fear was an...

Details of LinkedIn, Tumblr, MySpace Data Breaches Revelead

Details of LinkedIn, Tumblr, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Data Breaches Revealed

Everyday the news is exploding with reports of the latest data breaches and cyberattacks, which come so quickly and frequently that some cybercrime doesn’t get as much notice as it should (much to the...

Who Has Been Hacked?

“It will never happen to me!” These words have often been spoken moments before a business owner’s site gets hacked – as if the hackers were listening in on their conversations. The fact that...

6 Key Questions To Ask Yourself About Your Ecommerce Store

6 Key Questions To Ask Yourself About Your Ecommerce Store

Whether you’re just getting started in building your ecommerce site or are an online veteran, there are 6 key questions to ask yourself to ensure you’re reaching and retaining the most customers. Do you have...

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