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Caller ID Spoofing
Cybersecurity

Caller ID Spoofing: What is it and how can you protect yourself?

Imagine the following situation. You receive a call from a contact number on the screen that appears exactly the same as your bank’s telephone number. Everything should be just fine, right? So you answer. An employee calmly explains that there is a security problem with your account and that your password is required to prevent a […]

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Shadow IT risks and prevention
Cybersecurity

Shadow IT: risks and prevention

Have you ever heard of the term “shadow IT” or “invisible IT”? It refers to the indiscriminate use of devices, applications, and platforms that have not been authorized to be used for professional purposes by the IT department. This is an old problem, but one that is becoming increasingly common and difficult to contain – […]

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blockchain scams and frauds
Cybersecurity

Safe? Maybe not so much! Learn about blockchain scams and frauds

As the pillar that supports everything from the classic Bitcoin to all the latest crypto economy “inventions” (common tokens, non-fungible tokens, and even other cryptocurrencies), blockchain technology has always been seen as a true web revolution. It works like a ledger, facilitating the immutable registration of transactions and asset control in a given business network, […]

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metaverse
Cybersecurity

Metaverse: Experts’ concerns over privacy threats

There’s no denying that the metaverse is one of the most promising technological trends of recent years. Although the concept seems quite complex, the idea of literally being inserted into a fully virtual environment to consume content, collaborate and interact with other people is finally shifting closer toward reality. However, it’s not all roses, and […]

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man in the middle attack
Cybersecurity

Understanding the classic and dangerous man-in-the-middle attack

It’s no news that cybercriminals invent new tricks and tactics daily to attain their sinister objectives: to harm unprotected Internet users by stealing personal data, sensitive documents, and often even money. But this doesn’t mean that old scams no longer work. Certain techniques have existed for over a decade and are still highly efficient and […]

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password managers
Cybersecurity

Password managers and why we should use them

We access our e-mail, social networks, and banking applications as a routine part of daily life. But, do you know what all these services have in common? They’re protected by passwords that we need to choose and keep.  But remembering all the sequences of characters we use is no easy task. To simplify things, some […]

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antivirus
Cybersecurity

Antivirus: how it works and how important it is

Are antivirus programs still necessary for digital security? How do these programs really work and what’s the best way to use them? Are you curious to know the answers? Then check out this article. What are antiviruses? Antivirus software is designed to detect, block, and eliminate malicious programs – like malware – that can compromise […]

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Artificial intelligence AI cybercrime
Cybersecurity

How artificial intelligence (AI) may boost cybercrime

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not only a program trying to behave like a human being. The “intelligence” created from “machine learning” and deep learning is capable of doing good things that would be too complex for a human being, but they also fail disastrously – and even amusingly – in certain other areas. That’s why […]

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age of deepfakes
Cybersecurity

In the age of deepfakes, not every picture is worth a thousand words

Although the term fake news is sometimes used to describe any news that is biased or has factual errors, we must remember that the production and propagation of lies on the Internet can be very lucrative. Unlike inaccuracies in the news, which often occur due to journalistic carelessness, the information spread by fake news is […]

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