onine safety: Beware of Job and eWork at Home Scams
- 07/08/20 05:52 AM
Pandemics can be quite stressful. There are millions of people out of work, and there we really don’t know when the economy will truly bounce back. Those who are out of work are seeking other jobs, at least temporarily, and many are looking for jobs that they can do from home…right from Google. Since people have been losing their jobs, searches for terms like “laid off,” “unemployment benefits,” and “unemployed” have skyrocketed. Though some people are finding legitimate search results, others are falling for sites that are scams, and Google is allowing these sites to stay. We have often used Google search data … (7 comments)
onine safety: Consumers Have Given Up on Security
- 01/30/17 06:19 AM
According to a recent study, online security for most people is too bothersome. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology published the study, which shows that most people who use the internet have just given up and don’t follow the advice given to them about online security. The result of this is that consumers are engaging in risky online behavior, and according to one survey participant, if “something happens, it is going to happen” and “it is not the end of the world.” This is concerning to many, including security experts and survey authors. During this survey, approximately 40 people were interviewed … (4 comments)
onine safety: Google Alert Scams
- 05/13/16 12:24 AM
If you want to know the latest on “any topic”, just sign up for Google Alerts. Google will e-mail you notifications of new information coming online. I have Google Alerts for “Home Invasion” “Identity Theft” “Burglary” “Computer Security” and many more. So what could be so harmful about receiving alerts about topics or people who are famous for being famous or your favorite presidential candidate? A scamster creates a website and inserts popular search terms such as “Kate Middleton” or “Donald Trump.” If you signed up for Donald Trump, you’ll not only receive legitimate alerts from Google, but also links originating from … (1 comments)
There still remain about 318,000 servers that are vulnerable to this OpenSSL bug, according to security researchers, though this figure is about half of what it was a month ago. The Errata Security blog announced they calculated the 318,000 via a recent global Internet scan, which also revealed that more than 1.5 million servers still remain supportive of this “heartbeat” thing. And there may actually be a lot more servers “bugged” because the count applies only to verified cases. … (1 comments)
Pandemics can be quite stressful. There are millions of people out of work, and there we really don’t know when the economy will truly bounce back. Those who are out of work are seeking other jobs, at least temporarily, and many are looking for jobs that they can do from home…right from Google.
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