Spring cleaning tips to revive your Windows PC Your once-new Windows PC can become sluggish over time. Instead of running out to buy a new PC, try these spring cleaning tips first. by Ed Rhee April , 2012 It's always exciting when you bring home a new computer. It feels so powerful and fast; [...]
BEWARE: More Facebook Phishing Emails Circulate Posted by Nickolay Lamm on January 10th, 2012 2:05 PM Does Mark Zuckerberg have a special place in your heart? Do you like Apple? Scammers are using the popularity of the Facebook chief executive officer and Apple in yet another phishing scheme via email claiming you are the lucky [...]
Passwords tangled in Fifth AmendmentBy John Fontana | January 10, 2012, 4:41am PST Summary: A bank fraud case in Colorado could help determine the legal protection of users who password protect data. In the case, a woman is arguing that giving up her password to unlock encrypted data stored on a laptop is a violation [...]
Press release Jan. 4, 2012, 4:12 p.m. EST How to Avoid Scams and Protect Privacy on Facebook(R): Tips REDWOOD CITY, CA, Jan 04, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- With 800 million active users, there is no better place on the web other than Facebook for scammers, phishers, clickjackers, and all other species of Internet villains, [...]
Smartphone Hacking will rise in 2012, Experts Warn By Herb Wesibaum Posted: January, 2012 Security experts predict 2012 will be a breakthrough year for cyber-attacks on smartphones. There are now enough of these mobile computers in use to make them an inviting target. “Shopping and mobile banking are things that are going to leave a [...]
Free Starbucks coffee $40 gift card Facebook scam haunts the timeline Cheryl Phillips, Social Media Examiner January 1, 2012 Another free Starbucks gift card scam is circulating on Facebook on January 1, 2012. If you are sharing a link about a Starbucks 40th anniversary gift card freebie on your Facebook timeline, you are contributing to [...]
Did you know it's safer to use a credit/gift card on the Internet than using a card in-store. Cashiers are human and they will steal. They can scan the information off your card and use it for fraudulent activity.
Majority of Facebook Attacks Feed Fraudulent Affiliate Marketing Sites, Says Commtouch Year-End Trend Report Published: Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 - 5:10 am SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 28, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Commtouch® (Nasdaq: CTCH) today published an in-depth analysis of 2011 Facebook attacks within its Internet Threats Trend Report, a year-end synopsis of Internet threats. The [...]
Scammers target the elderly during holiday season By Janice Lloyd, USA TODAY This is the season for giving. Unfortunately scammers know it and are getting smarter about ways to cash in. Con-artist Grinches have an array of updated tricks this year, including copycat charity websites that look legit and ticket agencies, experts say. Scammers also [...]
Facebook virus or account hacked? Here’s how to fix it. By Emil Protalinski Summary: Think you have a Facebook virus or your account has been hacked? Here are three things you should try: change your password, remove suspicious apps, and perform a virus scan. You’ve just discovered your Facebook account has been posting all kinds [...]
