If you are a Facebook member, then you may already be familiar with Graph Search, which allows you to conduct detailed searches within the social network. While it does appear to be an incredibly useful new tool on the surface, many are saying that its real purpose is far more sinister. But should you believe…
From bank accounts to personal photos and messages, we all have more than ever stored on digital devices and online accounts—and more to lose. But for those who weren’t born with an iPad in their hands (*cough* your parents *cough*) “digital security” might as well be a foreign language. Helping your non-tech savvy loved ones…
Denial of service is a common type of an Internet attack. All of a sudden the site gets an unusually high amount of traffic, as a result the hardware and software are overwhelmed to handle it. Consequently, the site goes down. If you sell products and/or services via the internet, this is a total disaster…
One of the controversies surrounding VoIP technology, also known as “Voice over IP,” is whether it’s secure or not. Making phone calls over the Internet with services like Skype or Google Hangouts has a ton of advantages, but security is often a concern. One major question people ask when comparing phones that use traditional phone…
In June 2012, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) along with the Citizen Lab, a division of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, released information on a new remote access Trojan (RAT) horse virus called BlackShades. The virus was discovered in Syria, where it targeted the computers of Syrian activists who…