Online Privacy & Security

 

Advice that can Help You to Protect Yourself against
Hackers and Government Surveillance

Protecting your Privacy from Hackers and Spies

This is a difficult topic. And you may think a bit of paranoia is kicking in
Or you may not want to believe all of what we listed below actually happens
But it does!
And it happens more than you think. Awareness is the first step in protecting yourself.

Hackers Want Your Info Too

The most obvious issue that comes to mind when thinking about privacy violations is Hackers and other criminal activity. There are hackers out there who will stop at nothing to try to steal your personal information and break into your bank and private accounts.

 

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The Security Risks of Public Wi-Fi

 

Risks of Using Unsecured Wi-Fi

Public Wi-Fi is undoubtedly what almost everyone today uses at one time or another. But you need to understand the risks with this.

Drinking your coffee at the local coffee shop, when you just logged on to the local Wi-Fi with your laptop or mobile device and are surfing the web. But are you aware of how vulnerable you are when you are at your favorite Wi-Fi hotspot?

A 7-year-old girl hacked a Wi-Fi hot-spot in a South London coffee shop. In about 10 minutes after watching a YouTube tutorial to showed how easy it is to hack unprotected public Wi-Fi hotspot. Just by using information and techniques readily available on the Internet.

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Most all Wi-Fi networks that are for home and business uses are password protected and encrypted. However, most public Wi-Fi hotspots are set up strictly for convenience - Not security.

Best Practices for How to Safely Browse the Internet.

 

Protecting your online presence is becoming very difficult. The Internet today is becoming advertising driven and monitored by data collecting companies as well as government agencies.

Whether they say it is for national security or to steer you towards a product. Marketers and every government want to find out everything they can about you.

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How Do We Stay Safe

Stopping these entities completely is next to impossible. Hiding your browsing history and stay anonymous online is becoming more difficult. But with a few steps, we can make it much harder to track and make it difficult for anyone to expose you.

Staying Safe on the Internet

Always keep your operating system updated and patched
Always use antivirus and anti-spyware software and keep them updated
Always keep your applications updated and patched, particularly if they work with your browser, such as multimedia programs used for viewing videos
Always block or close pop-up windows, most are malicious and hide attacks. This will help block malicious software from being installed to your device
Never visit untrusted websites or follow links provided by unknown or untrusted sources.

 

Is there a way to Block or Stop Spam Text Messages

 

More than just being annoying. Unwanted Spam text can cost you money.

Robotexts and spam messages are a fact of life, just like robocalls and junk email. But that doesn't mean you have to put up with them. Just as with spam phone calls, you can block and stop robotexts with the right tricks and tools. There's even phone numbers you can report spam messages to.

Never give away your Personal Information

Anyone that is with a legitimate company will never ask for with your login details, passwords, payment details or any other sensitive information. If you have any concerns, contact the Company directly.

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Never reply to those Spam Messages

9 out of 10 times if you do, it will confirm to the spammers that your number is good and active. They might use it for future attacks or to try to get more information out of you.

What is a Strong Password?

 

When it comes to hacking or cracking, good passwords are very hard for hackers to actually crack. Passwords on average would take a Hackers brute force attack years at running full time to crack. What is normally done is they try to find a back door or try to find out information about you and use that to guess your password

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What Makes a Strong Password?

Passwords should consist of at least eight characters. Should contain uppercase and lowercase characters, numbers, spaces, and special characters, if possible

Password Tips:

• • Keep the password safe
• • Never share your password
• • Do not write down your password
• • Do not store a password on the device
• • At least 8 characters long, but 12 or more is better
• • Do not share a password with anyone. Not even a friend or family member
• • Never send a complete password by email, instant message, or any other means of communication that is not completely secure
• • Use a combination of upper, lower, numbers and special characters
• • Avoid using people or pet’s names
• • Avoid words found in the dictionary
• • Avoid using important dates (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.)
• • A good password looks like a series of random characters
• • If you think your password may have been compromised, change it now

 

Security For Mobile Devices

 

Secure Your Smart Phones Tablets
Laptops, Wearable, Portable Devices

Secure Mobile Transactions

Mobile devices and Smartphones has only been around for a couple of years now
They have grown to be not only popular, but a necessity. There are more now than we have ever seen before.

How can you be sure you are secure when making purchases on your Smartphones? Your Mobile Devices can often be less secure than computers. This is also true within your own home network.

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There is also the real possibility of running into exploits within mobile apps. Security for mobile phones has been growing daily, and the need is tremendous.