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Imperva released analysis of 32 million breached Passwords

Jan 31, 2010 | | Posted in Data Security

Imperva, a data security firm, has released its findings for about 32 million passwords that were breached or exposed, in a report on January 21 for the year 2009. It’s interesting to see that the top exposed passwords are so obvious a kid can try them. If you are a webmaster and the king of … Continue Reading »



3 steps to take to protect your debit-card account

Jan 20, 2010 | | Posted in Data Security

Using a debit card at your local and not so local gas stations or your local privately-owned convenience store invites a man-made phenomenon [man is so smart?] commonly known as ’skimming’. The ’skimmers’ set up equipment that captures magnetic stripe and keypad information when you input your PIN at ATM machines, gas pumps, restaurants, or … Continue Reading »


Beware phone call and email pretending to be from FDIC

Nov 30, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security

If you ever receive a phone call or email from Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – commonly known as FDIC, be aware that it is fake. Anyone calling you as someone from FDIC, don’t believe it. Ignore the call. If you receive an email from FDIC with a link to a website, don’t click on the … Continue Reading »


How to protect your PC when “dirty” websites attack

Nov 18, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security

You have done everything that can possibly be done to protect your computer from infections to avoid risky downloads. But just doing that is no longer enough. You don’t have to download a risky file – in the form of a PDF or DOC file or another format – to get infected.
Now, these days, many … Continue Reading »


Protect yourself from Phishing, Vishing, Smishing and Lottery Scams

Oct 29, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security

I will define and explain Phishing, Vishing, Smishing and Lottery Scams one by one. The schmucks are everywhere. You think you have a Personal Computer and you are at the top of the world in terms of the technology – hardware and software. But the crooks are way ahead of you and me. Any technology … Continue Reading »


Aah! You bought a new PC. Now what?

Sep 8, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security

Schools and colleges have started their sessions. Students and parents and many others have bought or are in the process of buying a new Personal Computer. Now is the time to take some steps to keep your new machine clean and free of malware. Here is what you need to do before you do anything … Continue Reading »


17 states and the DC have banned texting while driving

Aug 26, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security

Texting is wildly popular. The number of monthly text messages has increased more than tenfold in the past three years to 110.4 billion in December 2008, up from 9.8 billion in December 2005, more than a ten-fold, according to the wireless industry trade organization CTIA.
Texting while driving is unsafe. Not only are a driver’s eyes … Continue Reading »


Who says only the living are susceptible to identity theft

Aug 9, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security

I thought when people are dead, they are gone – no more. nada, zilch. The problem is they leave a whole history of their lives behind, especially their financial history. When people die, it seems that a vacuum gets created and who fills up that vacuum? The grave diggers – not to be confused with … Continue Reading »


One click to clean, fix, optimize your computer

Jul 6, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security

No matter how careful you are, when you surf the Internet, you bump into websites that do some undesirable things to your computer and the data sitting on it without your parental consent. Sometimes, they are in the form of R-rated and X-rated websites or just plain simple viruses and spywares and what not.
Someone … Continue Reading »


Beware and be warned about Phishing scams

Jun 30, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security

Chances are you have heard of Phishing. If not, Wikipedia has excellent definition of it. Read it and understand it.
Protect yourself from Phishing scams
Phishing is the mass e-mailing of messages that falsely claim to come from a legitimate business. These messages often provide links to phony Web sites, where you are asked to supply … Continue Reading »


Secure your home computer data

Jun 29, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security

Many more folks are increasingly surfing the Internet with high speed connection. That means you are always connected. That, in turn, means you are vulnerable to outside attack from all directions. Your computer and the data on it is not safe unless you take precautions of different sorts to make it relatively safe.
Get the … Continue Reading »


You better be who you say you are

Jun 25, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security

Are you who you say you are? You better be unless others say they are who you say you are. Did I say that right?
Just like a credit score, there is a new score that has come to surface over the last couple of years. It’s called ID score. When you say “Put it … Continue Reading »


Does it make sense to pay for ID theft protection?

Jun 12, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security

With the freely use of technology in every walk of life, we frequently connect to the rest of the world via the great Internet. That has created a huge market for ID theft online and consequently offline as well. What do you have to do to protect yourself and can you really protect your identity … Continue Reading »


Can you really protect your identity ON-and-OFFLine?

May 26, 2009 | | Posted in Data Security

Perhaps you can. Maybe not completely though. The anacondas of the world are swimming in the swamps of consumers misery and anxiety and they are getting smarter and smarter almost on a daily basis. They always have. Our God-given characteristics of being so gullible and so thirsty for money and comfort will always be with … Continue Reading »


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