Aug 15, 2022 | Blog, General Interest, Recent News, Security, Social Networking, Technology News, Twitter
Do you have a Twitter account? Have you been patting yourself on the back while assuming that your identity was a secret, allowing you to ply the waters of Twitter in anonymity? Unfortunately, that’s probably not the case. Recently, Twitter disclosed the...
Jun 30, 2022 | Blog, General Interest, Recent News, Security, Social Networking, Technology News
Are you a WhatsApp user? If so, be aware that hackers have worked out a means of hijacking a user’s WhatsApp account and gaining access to a user’s contact list and personal messages. The attack relies on mobile carriers’ automated service to...
Mar 11, 2022 | Blog, Business & Finance, General Interest, New Technology, Recent News, Social Networking, Technology News
Recently, Skype announced a change to its 911 calling feature. Previously the feature was only useable in the UK, Finland, Denmark, and Australia. Now, the company has unlocked it for the United States as well and will even allow the software to share the location of...
Feb 20, 2022 | Blog, Facebook, General Interest, Instagram, Recent News, Security, Social Networking, Technology News
An increasing number of scammers are using social media to target victims and relying on social engineering tricks to convince people to part with their personal information or money. The problem has grown serious enough that the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has...
Feb 13, 2022 | Blog, General Interest, Instagram, Recent News, Security, Social Networking, Technology News
Hackers have recently hit upon a new money-making scheme. Some groups have started breaking into Instagram accounts belonging to people with high numbers of followers. They are then holding those accounts hostage until the owner agrees to pay the ransom. In some...
Dec 23, 2021 | Blog, General Interest, New Technology, Recent News, Social Networking
Whatsapp has had a tough year from a security standpoint and has suffered losses in the size of its user base as a result. To their credit, the company has been working hard to make their product more secure. Recently they took another powerful step in that direction...