Scammers & Hackers

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Online scammers use deception to trick people into revealing personal information or money, often targeting vulnerable individuals. Adults can help teach kids to recognize common warning signs of scams, such as unsolicited messages or suspicious links, and encourage them to question anything that seems too good to be true.

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Authentication Methods for Google Accounts

Signing in to all your online accounts shouldn’t be a hassle. It should be fast and easy without making you worry that your account’s personal information might be unprotected.

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Common Hacking Methods

According to a report from IBM, it takes approximately 277 days to identify a data breach. If business owners want to ensure proper data security, they need the right digital protection — beforehand — so it is easier to carry out damage control and detect when their system has been compromised.

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What Are Internet Cookies?

In the 1990s when websites were struggling to remember who their users were or what they did in previous website visits, Lou Montulli, a network engineer, invented the HTTP cookie or what is widely known as internet cookies or simply as cookies.

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What Is Phishing?

Phishing is a cybercrime in which a target or targets are contacted by email, telephone or text message by someone posing as a legitimate institution to lure individuals into providing sensitive data such as personally identifiable information, banking and credit card details, and passwords.