Tag Archives: Improve your Security
How to protect your social media account
You’ve heard in the press that many celebrities and companies got their social media accounts hacked. Twitter even issued an official warning to all press agencies to protect their accounts better. Here are useful tips how to easily protect your … Continue reading
20 Security tips for a safer 2013
Here are all 20 tips we published in the last months. All pictures for the Facebook posts are available here. 1. Never open attachments from an email. Email was not invented for sending files and definitely not programs or archives with programs … Continue reading
Improve your security #11: Enable two-factor authentication
It might sound complicated, but remember that with more security the usability (how easy is to use the service) always suffers a little bit. The reward at the end is that you can sleep in peace that nobody will enter … Continue reading
Improve your security #10: Make backups
It is said that three things are certain in life: we are born, we pay taxes and we die. Adding a little bit of IT facts on top of this, I can add a fourth certain thing: hardware fails. It … Continue reading
Improve your security #9: create good passwords
Learn what you need to do to improve the security of your accounts and prevent password cracking. Continue reading
Improve your security #8 – change the default passwords
Very often people buy new gadgets or devices which because they are “secured” out of the box. Or, better said, this is what the producers write on their boxes, because the reality is quite different. These devices are delivered most of … Continue reading
Spring cleaning your computer
We are now close to the end of April and the spring is everywhere. Some people are used to perform a general cleaning of their houses and gardens. What about your computer? Don’t you plan to do the same? … Continue reading
Improve your security series
I have seen in various forums and on Facebook some of these links used and I thought it would be handy to see them all in one post. So, here they are sorted in chronological order, each linked to the … Continue reading
Improve your security #6: Harden your Facebook account
Nowadays the social media life is a significant part of our every day lives. We must make sure that we keep this part of our lives under control. Failing to do so may have significant repercussions like identity stealing (somebody … Continue reading
Improve your Security #4: Update your Software often
Every week or even day we see new vulnerabilities popping up in all software packages which we use daily: In the operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux), PDF Readers, Web browsers, Mail clients, Office suites, and so on. It is critical … Continue reading