Go through a supermarket checkout line and swipe a savings card at the register and the powers that be behind that chain will be able to glean a lot of personal information about you and your purchasing habits. To some…
The United Nations Virtual Global Taskforce estimates at least 1 in 5 children has been approached with unsolicited sexual advances in an online setting. Cyber bullying has become such a concern in some parts of America that acts of…
Speed, plugins, compatibility and security: Those are the features most people consider when selecting a browser to support online activities. In the case of latter, choosing well can be vitally important for protecting a computer and the data it contains…
Cybercrime is a big industry that keeps getting bigger. In its 2012 report on cybercrime, Norton estimated there were more than 556 million consumer victims annually worldwide. That number is greater than the population of the entire European Union. The…
Symantec’s successful disabling of 500,000 infected computers in the 1.9-million strong ZeroAccess network has made major headlines. This action was, no doubt, a major victory for Symantec and the computer protection industry as a whole, but it doesn’t necessarily mean…
One of the riskiest things you can do online is also one of the most fun – shopping! Millions of people enjoy online shopping transactions every single day. More than 80% of all internet users have gone online to buy…
If you, like many PC users, have been using Norton 360 to secure your computer, you know that it and many other great Symantec products can be combined with Norton cloud storage to protect your data; but, it is a…
When it comes to the safety of shopping online, you want to be absolutely sure you are using a secure connection. All web browsers have the capability to use encryption to secure your data, scrambling it before transit so the…
I’d say just about everyone in the information security world has heard of the Anonymous hackers “collective,” the notorious vigilantes – or perhaps cyber criminals – who seem to be behind all the major headlines when it comes to…
Ready or not, mobile banking apps for Android and other platforms are coming on fast. Android banking apps have gotten much more popular over the last six months as more banks officially sign on to support various forms of mobile…