“2020 was the year in which the world was gripped by a global pandemic.” Rightfully, this was the top story of nearly all news and media reports. Buried underneath the stories and numbers of a physical pandemic, were the reports of a digital pandemic. The correlation between these two types of pandemics is easy to […]
Read MoreEvery business has a sales strategy, but not all have a cybersecurity strategy — especially small to medium businesses.Only 53% of companies with fewer than 50 employees put a priority on cybersecurity. There are some reasons for this neglect: Overall lack of education about how dangerous cyberattacks can be Smaller businesses feel that because of […]
Read MoreInternet Security shouldn’t be a secret… As SaferNet users, you have empowered yourselves, your families, or your businesses to live in digital freedom, safe from the evils of the Internet. Like a vaccine, your SaferNet service protects your devices against malicious attacks; malware, phishing attempts, trojans, spyware, and more. During this pandemic, we have seen […]
Read MoreA new survey from Arkose Labs revealed that the highest cyberattack rate was reported in the first quarter of 2020. The report suggested that 26.5% of all transactions during this period were fraud and abuse attempts, which is a 20% increase over the previous quarter. The survey “The Arkose Labs Q2 2020 Fraud and Abuse […]
Read MoreComputers don’t create computer threats – People do. These people, hackers, victimize computer users for their own gain or for other motivations. Letting a hacker have access to the internet, and to your PC, the threat they post to your safety increases exponentially. Hackers, for the most part, are nefarious users who access computer systems […]
Read MoreHave we slowed down enough to realize what’s really going on around us? Most of the time we live for the next moment. The next scroll. The next swipe. The next notification. Right now we even anticipate the next bit of news declaring “projected peak of virus” or “what happened when this person decided not […]
Read MoreFor many families, the Coronavirus has changed day-to-day life at home. Parents are working from home, and kids are learning at home. If a child previously had little or no access to technology, they may suddenly have more – Some schools are operating online, and more games, chat, facetime and email come into the picture. […]
Read MoreWith a large portion of us now working from home, we are getting used to a new way of traversing our work day… With this comes some changes, and some of us get more relaxed in our habits. You might dress more casually than you would in the office. You can play music or listen […]
Read MoreWith the advent of the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, there has been a large spike in global internet activity; be this from individuals having to self-isolate, kids out of school, or the masses of employees who are currently working from home. Sadly, this has lead to a monumental increase of cyberattacks from bad actors; hackers both […]
Read MoreIn January, it came to light that state sponsored hackers attacked US-Based cybersecurity researchers. As of February 1st, Google researchers believe the attack is still on-going; a part of a larger campaign by the government of North Korea that has been happening for many months. The attack was carried out via social engineering, followed by […]
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