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How to Protect Your Identity Online
How much time do you spend online? The more we do online, the more we put ourselves at risk for identity theft, often without even realizing it. It’s very difficult to keep your personal information...
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What is SMiShing?
SMiShing (SMS plus phishing) is very much like phishing, but uses text messages instead of emails to try to get you to open links and give out personal and financial information. A SMiShing message...
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The Ten Commandments of Online Shopping: How to Shop Online Safely
You are shopping safely online, aren’t you? Aren’t you? If you’re not, you are putting yourself at risk for all sorts of fun things, such as getting your account information stolen, credit or debit...
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How to Protect Your Child’s Identity Online
How easy is it for thieves to steal your child’s identity? Easy. Most children already have social security numbers established, which immediately puts them on the map for identity theft. Their...
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What is Phishing?
Phishing. It’s not the sport of pulling finned creatures out of water, nor it is the name of the rock band’s latest tour. Instead, it’s a way to lure computer users into providing sensitive information...
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Teen & Tween Cybersafety Focus of Wired Safety Summit
This week the 12th Annual Wired Safety Summit convened and brought together members including teens, tweens, lawmakers, parents, and companies who are dedicated to promoting online safety. Originally...
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Identity Theft Is Still a Viable Threat
Years ago, someone stole my identity. I had just gotten married, and suddenly my credit report was completely crazy, with new car purchases, new credit cards, you name it. Insult to injury was the fact...
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Three Reasons Why You Need Anti-Malware Software
Although most of us think that getting hacked won’t happen to us, it does happen. All the time. Sometimes it’s obvious – if you see your friend on Facebook posting odd things, you can give a shout out...
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The United States Department of Homeland Security is urging people to be careful if they are running the browser add-on or computer programming language known as Java. It is installed by default on...
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ChicaPC-Fix : Victim of Identity Theft?
We have all heard the “Buyer Beware” expression for retail shopping…but it is even more applicable for online shopping. Shopping from – or even visiting — a non-scrupulous site can set your computer up...
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