Here’s some valuable insight into the importance of keeping the software running on your PC up to date!
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What is phishing? No, it’s not a typo, and it’s not a word to describe jamming out on your guitar for hours. Phishing is a type of deception used by criminals to fraudulently gain information, most often in the form of passwords or login information. Phishing can also lead to malicious programs infecting your computer. Phishing attacks typically come in the form of messages or links that are presented to be something that they are not. These can be anything from a malicious link sent to you via email, to a dummy website that mimics a legitimate site to trick you into keying in your login details.
By Mark Beare |
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Everyone has their own way of thinking up their own passwords; pet names, place of birth, their maiden name, the word ‘password’, abc123. The problem is that these passwords are too easy to guess and if someone knows you well they are even easier to guess (I don’t even know you, and I bet I guessed at least a couple people’s passwords above).