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Brute Force Attacks: A Guide to Protecting Your Online Information
If you are one of the many people that uses a simple password for your accounts, your information is at risk. A brute force attack…
What Is an IP Address? Accessing and Protecting Your Device’s Identity
Have you ever wondered how the message you send on your cell phone makes its way to your friend’s computer? While we may not consider…
What is Hacktivism?: Its Motivations, Types, and Prevention
Hacktivism refers to cyber-activism, or the act of breaking into a computer system to wage an information war for political, social, religious, or anarchistic reasons.…
What Is a Router? Your Guide to At-Home Wi-Fi
If you are reading this over a Wi-Fi connection, you can thank a router. Simply put, a router is the gateway that sends information between…
What Is a Smurf Attack?
A Smurf attack is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in which an attacker floods a victim’s server with spoofed Internet Protocol (IP) and Internet Control…
8 Online Gaming Security Risks – Are You Protected?
Hackers are targeting online gamers – check to see if you are protected against these eight threats
The four areas that all cybersecurity policies should keep in mind
One sound practice is to look for solutions that simplify the most common cybersecurity tasks, automating the maximum number of processes.