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Ever gotten a Facebook friend request from someone that you are already friends with? If so welcome to the club! A few years ago this scam was more prevalent, but recently some friends have reported that this issue is on the rise again, so I “dusted” this post off from some years back, revised it…
We have all received them…official looking emails from banks, major companies, even government agencies. But wait, are they REALLY coming from the bank, company or agency? How can you know? I’ve put together a few tips that will help you to decide whether or not to believe what you are seeing. First of all, no…
I haven’t covered the topic of Cyber Security for a long while, so I thought it might be a good time to do it now! As it turns out, the National Association of REALTORS®, via RealtorMagazine, recently published a VERY good article which I strongly urge you to read! It was published on August 28th,…
Ever gotten a Facebook friend request from someone that you are already friends with? If so welcome to the club! A few years ago this scam was more prevalent, but recently some friends have reported that this issue is on the rise again, so I “dusted” this post off from nearly 4 years ago, revised…
As of June 14th we have been under shelter in place for: 90 days 2160 hours 129,600 minutes 7,776,000 seconds 12 weeks and 6 days Or damn near 25% of 2020 So, if you are like me, you have spent way more time online than you usually do. Shopping, research, goofing off and whatever. Guess…
Have you ever wondered what kind of data is being stored about you? If not, you might want to consider learning about it! With data breaches occurring with awful regularity, knowing what information is being stored about you by some of your favorite websites could be important if they get breached! Many companies will make…
Unless you are oblivious to the news you have heard about data breaches.Some of the more notorious ones have been Equifax, Yahoo, Dropbox, Target and Anthem Health Care. These are just a few of the many breaches that have occurred. So what exactly is a data breach? According to Wikipedia, A data breach is the…
If you are reading this then it’s safe to say that the first four weeks of 2018 are in the books already! Only 48 more weeks to make something happen this year! For this week’s post I thought that I’d give you an easy way to mine the nuggets that this blog contains. I am…
Ever gotten a Facebook friend request from someone that you are already friends with? If so welcome to the club! It seems that fake Facebook profiles are the new way that scammers are trying to reach into your wallet. Here is how to spot one of these requests as being fake. Whenever you get a…
Here is a quote from the 60 Minutes web site: “In today’s world, there’s really only two types of companies or two types of people which are those who have been hacked and realize it and those who have been hacked and haven’t.” That’s what mobile security expert John Hering tells 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn…
