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Safeguarding Your Privacy Online: Essential Tips and Best Practices

CyberSecurity Insiders

Additionally, employ a password manager to securely store and generate unique passwords for each account. This helps prevent unauthorized access even if your password is compromised. Be wary of unsolicited requests for personal information, such as social security numbers, bank details, or passwords.

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Bad Consumer Security Advice

Schneier on Security

To remain anonymous and secure on the Internet, invest in a Virtual Private Network account, but remember, the bad guys are very smart, so by the time this column runs, they may have figured out a way to hack into a VPN. I think twice about accessing my online bank account from a pubic Wi-Fi network, and I do use a VPN regularly.

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How to improve your workplace’s cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Insiders

Security through a VPN. Among many other benefits, a VPN encrypts these files and keeps the online activity private by masking a user’s real IP address. Here are the different ways in which a VPN elevates cybersecurity: Encryption. Encryption technology in VPNs helps conceal the user’s data.

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Ukraine Nabs Suspect in 773M Password ?Megabreach?

Krebs on Security

For example, as recently as earlier this month, Intel 471 spotted Sanix selling access to nearly four dozen universities worldwide, and to a compromised VPN account for the government of San Bernadino, Calif. By far the most important passwords are those protecting our email inbox(es).

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Securing BYOD at the height of the work-from-home era

SC Magazine

Sixty-seven percent of respondents to a recent survey by the Ponemon Institute and Keeper Security reported that use of their own mobile devices by remote workers has negatively impacted their organizations’ security posture and 55 percent say smartphones represent the most vulnerable endpoint at their organizations.

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Keys to Safe Online Shopping this Holiday Season

SecureWorld News

Making a cybersecurity list, checking it twice This year, give yourself the gift of peace of mind by following our Core 4 behaviors: Protect each account with a unique, complex password that is at least 12 characters long—and use a password manager! Use multi-factor authentication ( MFA ) for any account that allows it.

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What is Shoulder Surfing?

Identity IQ

Here are the most common scenarios when shoulder surfing may occur: You enter your username and password when logging onto a banking app or website on your laptop or mobile device. For better protection, put a privacy protector screen on your mobile phone, tablet and laptop to help protect your sensitive information from spying eyes.