Online
privacy is every user’s most important and
valuable asset. “Valuable” literally means that companies can
convert it into money.
Just
to have a better idea, in 2016 only, search
engines made over 100 billion dollars, partly by selling your
personal data…
Why and how to keep away from internet trackers?
July 17, 2020
Many of us know that we need to keep away from trackers, whether we do or don’t exactly understand what they are how they act. This is because many entities that defend online privacy advise us to stay away from them, as they might affect our privacy.
Let’s…
How to stay away from the online Coronavirus threats
April 10, 2020
The employees need to
stay away from the online Coronavirus threats at home, as most of the
businesses try to move online. When writing this article, I am
working from home, too, without the protection of an office network.
And attackers seem to know these things better than…
Malvertising targets old outdated software
February 26, 2020
Malvertising targets old outdated software. So, according to Confiant, using modern web browsers, ad blockers and keeping the operating system up to date with the security updates can prevent being infected.
Usually, threat actors target malvertising at specific web…
A little bit more privacy from both Chrome and Firefox
March 24, 2021
Both
Chrome and Mozilla will bring more privacy for their users. Chrome
v.90, which arrives in April, will lead users to a secure HTTPS
connection, by default. Also, Mozilla announced Firefox 87, with a
new intelligent tracker blocking mechanism.
A natural shift to…
Online fraud - learn how it works and how to avoid it
August 20, 2020
Online fraud is now more than ever a way that hackers explore in order to make easy money. Thus, they try to mislead users into clicking fake ads or even hijack the users that click on legitimate ads.
What is online fraud?
Well,
according to the
Collins…