Category: Hacking

Do Macs Get Viruses?

Over the past decade, one of the reasons to buy an Apple computer over a Windows computer was the idea that Macs don’t get viruses.

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What’s a Bot?

Bot. You’ve heard the term before, but you’re not quite sure what one is or what it does. Basically, a bot (short for web robot)

What is Social Engineering?

After Wired.com’s Mat Honan suffered a widely-publicized hack last week, blogs have been abuzz with the the term “social engineering.” The hack wasn’t a traditional

Phone Scams

Microsoft Phone Scams

A client told me just recently of a story she had the night before where she received a phone call from a relatively

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Why Do You Need A Good Password?

What do LinkedIn, Yahoo!, Sony, Last.fm and eHarmony all have in common? They’ve all leaked users’ passwords–a combined total somewhere in the tens of millions…