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In recent times, it was reported by facebook that 83 million of its accounts were spurious, which, in practical terms, could be the entire population of Germany. So, who owns these fake accounts? As of now, no one knows, though it’s clear that these bogus accounts are not used for charities or for promoting a good cause – it’s most likely the other way around. Therefore, it should be common sense to take precautions while socializing on social media.
Furthermore, since the invention of the internet, it has enabled us to do lots of things – including chatting on social media website with friends, family and perhaps strangers. More than often, you’ll receive a friend request from a complete stranger, and it’s likely that – without thinking twice – you’ll accept that stranger’s friend request – especially if you find that unfamiliar person interesting or attractive. Conversely – once they have earned our trust – many of us often reveal our personal information to strangers without truly knowing the consequences of this naïve, yet critical blunder. Without having any second thoughts– we have a tendency to divulge small, but important pieces of personal information – which may not seem important to you – but can reveal key details about your identity. To make matters worse, imagine if there was a hacker on the other end? It wouldn’t take long for this cyber-criminal to put the pieces of your identity’s puzzle together, and before you know it, all or most of your critical accounts could possibly be hacked.
Additionally, once this e-crook has access to your account, he or she would easily be able to gain trust from your friends and hack most their accounts using Phishing – fake websites developed to retrieve user account and passwords. Other than phishing, there are plenty of other methods which can be employed by hackers to gain access to victims’ accounts, such as malware and brute force.
Nonetheless, you can protect yourself by utilizing the following privacy protection tips:
If you don’t know them, don’t add them:
The title is self-explanatory for this tip. If you get a friend request from an unknown person, simply don’t accept their friend request.
Make use of the privacy restriction options and features:
Most social media websites let you customize your privacy. It’s recommended that you limit your profile visibility, this way you can minimize your chances of becoming a victim of e-crime.
Prevent hackers from breaching your personal computer:
Install and update your data security software that can act as Folder Locker religiously, as this can prevent cyber criminals from entering your personal data. Finally, also keep antivirus software that will block all kinds infectious program from harming your computer.
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The risk with the USB flash drive is so deadly that computer users that use tiny data storing drive to store data cannot sleep because of the fear of losing data. The government also sense the huge perils of USB flash drive, that is why the Department of Defense (DoD) banned the use of all kinds of portable drives for a long time of about two years. But, even when the ban is lifted, there are many restrictions on the use of portable data storing devices. Under the new rule of the department, only the authorized persons are entitled to use portable drives.
Having a number of disadvantages of using small data storing devices, there are millions of advantages of using these portable drives. These tiny USB sticks are inexpensive and probably the best medium to carry data around. That is why; law and order agencies prefer to use USB flash drives for the purpose to transfer data, especially in the places where it is not easy to carry data around. These small detachable drives are extremely handy, but, they impose huge threats to data, you can imagine if a tiny USB stick is lost that has some confidential information, how much it will hurt the country. Using USB security software is beneficial for you to avoid losses.
USB drives are considered to be a blessing by computer users around the globe as these jump drives allows them to carry data with them easily. But, IT experts do not rate these small portable data storing devices as blessings, Karen Scarfone, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's computer security division, says These flash drives "have become ubiquitous", further he added "I think users tend to think of them as harmless. They don't understand the security risks of using those devices." Users need to understand that the data saved in USB sticks are as totally insecure and can be extracted out easily.
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Where USB flash drives serve computer users all around the world, similarly, it imposes threats to the data of computer users in every part of the world. One of the examples of just big threats was witnessed by the whole world when Edward Snowden, who was an employee of NSA (National Security Agency) and CIA (Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) stole confidential information of the department and revealed to in front of the world. Stealing data for Snowden was just a piece of cake, all he did was that he carried an ordinary USB flash drive to the workplace, copied all the data that he intended to compromise and walk away with all that information. Here are some of the threats imposed by USB flash drive to your data security.
Insider Threat
USB drives are as small as a human thumb nail in size and have the immense capability of storing data. This quality of pen drives makes them a perfect tool to steal data. An employee who is furious on a company or is bribed to leak data can easily carry sensitive information from the company and hand it over to the rival entrepreneur. You might be astonished to know that insider threat is the second biggest threat after the threat imposed to data security by hackers.
Prone to Getting Lost and Stolen
Due to the small size of USB flash drive, it imposes huge threats to your data that is saved in those small data storing devices. Their tiny existence makes them prone to getting lost and stolen, even if you have deleted all the data saved in that portable drive before it was lost, your data will still be at risk of getting compromised. Because when you delete files from a pen drive, it actually does not get removed; instead a small sheet covers the saved files that can easily be extracted by an expert. Using USB security software can secure your data saved in your USB jump drive.
Spread Malware
Hackers used to spread malware via emails and other infectious links through the internet. But, these cyber criminals have learned a more effective way of spreading infectious program i.e. via USB flash drives. Research suggests that more than 70 percent of the people who find an abandoned USB flash drive will like to plug it into the computer without even giving a single thought about their data’s security. Even more than 30 percent of the IT pros tend to plug it into their computer.
The steps you can take to stop data leakage through USB flash drive is only allowed the authorized users to use only authorized small portable data storing devices. The new principle of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) should not be encouraged as it imposes as it establishes some real chances of data theft. All in all, USB flash drive is such a wonderful piece of invention that is helping millions of users all around the world to transfer data. You just need to be a bit careful and take some precautions while using it for the sake of your data’s security.
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So, the world has witnessed the first sun of the year, many people thought that the sun that has risen has also raised the better luck for them. People had the same expectations and hopes when at the beginning of 2013, but, many people did not get what they intended. There were many reasons, they did not try much to get what they wanted and ended the year with regrets. So, where you might have made dozens of New Year’s resolutions, add one more in them that is you will not let the year end with regrets. So, that is what you have to do in the next 52 weeks.
One of the most common resolutions that are made by people all around the world is to lose weight. Well, the decision of reducing mass is very much beneficial for your health, but, the question is how will you do it? You cannot achieve it by eating extra cheeseburgers with a diet fizzy drink. You ought to make a plan, a diet plan, routine of exercise and the timeline in which you want to achieve it. Otherwise, instead of losing some weight, you will put on some extra pounds and will end up regretting it.
Thousands of people around the cry over the bored and busy year they have spent. So, you should make the most of the vacations, if you enjoy your vacations, your performance at office will also be better. So, the best way to enjoy your vacations is that, lock your laptop in a cupboard and avoid checking emails even via phone. No need to keep thinking about your office work and just spend time with your family, friends and your partner.
The recently past year of 2013 has been a disastrous year regarding data security. Thousands of incidents of data breach occurred and millions of records got compromised. One of the basic sources of data leakage was USB flash drive, use software that can secure USB so that you do not have to regret over it. Plan properly and take effective steps so that you do not have any be sorry at the end of the year, may this year brings the best for you!
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Not much long ago, you all were getting crazy about the start of 2013 and was hoping that the last sunset of 2012 will take all your difficulties and worries along with it. Let’s take a look back in the last days of the past year, you would have been sitting with a writing pad and a pen in hand and making a list of New Year’s resolutions longer than your grocery list. The paper on which you wrote all those resolutions would have been somewhere dumped in garbage and the long list you made must have been blurred by now. The current year of 2013 is about to end in a span of a couple of days, you are probably going to replay the scene of making of New Year’s resolution of the last year and those resolutions may again end up in some garbage can. So, here are some strategies through which you can set up New Year’s resolutions effectively.
Number of Resolutions
There should not be a long list of resolutions. You ought to make 2 to 3 resolutions on which you can actually act upon. People tend to make dozens of resolutions and start quitting on resolution each day and at the end of January they return to their original living styles.
Goals should be Specific rather than Ambiguous
In order to solve any problem, you ought to know what are the problems and the specific solutions through which they can be solved. The majority of the people use to make resolutions such as they will protect their data. They do not know what risks their data, they neither know how to do it. Rather than making such a vague resolution, you should decide something like “I will protect my data using Folder Lock onwards”. That makes sense, now you have a clear vision of what you want to achieve and how you want to achieve.
Be Realistic
Resolutions such as becoming a famous singer, writing a bestselling book or to invent a new gadget cannot be more than just a fantasy. To be honest, making such resolution without any base is just like living in the fool’s paradise.
Lack of Deadlines
People make resolutions, but, they really do not decide till when they have to achieve their landmark. When you do not push yourself against time, you get lethargic and never really try to get to the goal you have decided. Mostly, people who do not plan a timeline, they usually keep pending their tasks and at the end of the year they find that they really do not act as per their resolution.
Talking about New Year’s resolution, more than 45 percent of the Americans tend to make resolutions regularly and nearly 17 percent of the Americans are those that some years make resolutions and some years they do not. Even more interesting fact is that the people that make resolution, 25 percent of them quit them in the first week of making them, 29 percent leaves them in the second week, about 36 percent put down resolutions in the fourth week and just 46 percent of the people stick to their resolutions after 6 weeks. The main reasons that people do not follow their New Year’s resolutions are the same that are mentioned above.
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A company’s basic motive is to earn profits; usually companies do not really care much about their customers. The products that they prepare to sell not to facilitate people, but, to make people buy through they can maximize their profit. Experts say that people do not buy what they intend to buy, but, they buy what the producers want to sell them. One of the basic weapons to attract customers is marketing and the core purpose of marketing is to attack on the weak point of people that make them purchase the good. A good marketing strategy makes people believe that the product is the only sole solution of their problems.
Companies show off as their goal is just to help people out and they are nothing less than a blessing for their customers. The marketing strategists of the companies are very well aware of the fact that humankind is quite emotional and they take advantage of these emotions. These marketing strategies are amazingly effective, but, at the same time somewhat unethical. There are also organizations like New Sofwares.net that literally think and care about their customers. Usually, customers are ones that are loyal to a company, but, it is hard to find a company that is loyal to its customers.
New Softwares.net has just put forward an example of such loyalty with their customers when the company made two of its reliable and moreover profitable products History Clean and Macro Keys absolutely free forever on their 12th anniversary. History Clean is a known name in the software market, you can easily clean your browsing and computer usage history with merely a single click, and you can even automate the cleaning of your computer’s history. Whereas, Macro Keys can automate your nerve cracking repetitive tasks by providing the facility of unlimited short keys as per your desire. Both the products are miraculous and New Softwares.net has really proven that how much they care about their customers.
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A large number of small and mid scale business firms are unable to protect their and their clients’ data. The reason for this can be lack of dedication, unavailability of sufficient resources or absence of related knowledge. What might be the reason is, small businesses are most likely to face the threat of data breach. Just a click on Google search reveals shows a large number of incidents that these small companies face. A recent report of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) showed that the members of this federation face a data breach of $1 billion every year. The FSB found out that almost 41 percent of the members have faced data leakage during the previous year.
The average cost per business of these data breaches is almost up to $5 per business. FSB further revealed that the most common threat faced by these small businesses is viruses, which have been faced by more than 20 percent of the members. The next two biggest threats are hacking and security breach having the statistics of 8 percent and 5 percent respectively.
The most common source of data breach is due to the new trend of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). This trend tends to bring a boom in employees’ security as they are free to work on the device they are comfortable with. However, the majority of the employees do not maintain the security of these devices as per the necessity. Except the threat of malware viruses through these devices, it’s principle has made data stealing easy as they are free to bring their own device which they carry back to their home. Employees can copy the confidential data with malafide intentions of leaking it.
Employees are not aware or educated regarding the data security; companies need to educate their employees in terms of security. It is interesting to know that the majority of the companies does not use security software, and the minority who uses security software does not really know much about its functionality. Small organizations can use easy and cheap security but capable security software that can Lock Files. The employees of the company think that once they have installed the security software; their data is now safe as a house. They do not know to set a strong password that will keep prying eyes away from their data. Hackers are expert in guessing the passwords. A password should not be a proper word which can be used in a sentence. The password should be a complex combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, combined with symbols and numbers. A strong password means a strong security.
Keeping security software in the system does not provide you security. Software should be updated and tested regularly; cyber criminals work hard to keep themselves updated with the security measures and constantly work to break them. According to a network specialist, development of malware software has become an underground industry now. This statement from a specialist is alarming, the statement means that these hackers are working together to find the loopholes in security measures and develop software accordingly.
Hackers have diverted their concentration on small businesses as they are an easy prey to hunt. Lack of security measures from small organizations gives easy passage to the e-crooks to accomplish their purpose.
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The Android has always tried something new, whether it is regarding its mouth watering name, unpredictable version sequence or interesting features. The tradition has not been changed in the latest version of the Operating System. Google has chosen the name of the yummiest chocolate i.e. KitKat for their latest version, where it was anticipated that the new edition of the OS would be 5.0, it eventually came as 4.4, and also it has some amazing features that will take the world by surprise. Some of those distinct features are discussed below.
OK Google
OK Google is a distinct and quite an astonishing feature that is introduced in the latest version of the Android OS. In the previous edition of the Google’s OS, you need to touch the screen to perform different tasks such as sending a text, play video, conduct search and etc. Android has given the luxury of not even touching the screen to lazy human being of this modern world. You just to need speak to perform several tasks, for example; if you want to play a soccer video you need to speak “OK Google, play Beckham’s top ten goals” and your Android KitKat device will play that video.
The Caller ID feature
Android has revolutionized the concept of caller ID in their latest version of the Android. There is a large majority of people who feel reluctant to answer a call from an unknown number. Google has done a remarkable job in this field, when your Android smartphone will receive a call from some stranger number, the Google will retrieve the caller’s location using the Google Map. It will help you to recognize whether the caller is someone beloved or a stranger. This feature can also help in reducing the rate of crimes that are done by using a cell phone.
Screen Recording
Google has a habit of keeping all their users happy. And it is not surprising that Google has not quit that habit in their latest version of the Operating system. The latest version of Android is equipped with the feature of screen recording, means that you can record the video of how you have used the device. The feature is extremely useful for developers and other people who want to make some sort of tutorials for the users.
The latest edition of the Google’s Operating System has some really innovative features that no other Operating System offers. But, still, the question that bothers many of the IT professionals is that is the most recent edition of Android i.e. Android KitKat 4.4 safe enough to keep data. As you know that your Android device is prone to data leakage, will this problem be solved in the latest version? Well, it is always better to play safe, acting upon the principle, the use of Folder Lock for Android is quite necessary. Otherwise, the taste of sweet KitKat can result in a bitter experience. Google always comes up with brilliant ideas, as nothing in the world is perfect, so, Google’s OS is also not yet near to perfect. So be smart and keep yourself secure and enjoy the amazing experience of KitKat.
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The use of strategy and data security tools used by the companies is based on their size. That does not mean that small scale firms will use cheap and unreliable data security solutions and big businesses will go for the dearer techniques to protect data. The large scale firm has sufficient resources to tackle information leakage threats and to defend their records against the hackers who are armed to the teeth regarding mal techniques. Both, the small businesses and the big ones need to make their data secure in order to avoid losing financial resources, clients and goodwill.
The companies should keep updating a backup of their data on a regular basis, so that if there is an incident of data breach, they would not lose their data. The backup of such official records should be offline and online both, but, keep do not forget to Lock Folders as it can provide your data the much needed protection against hackers and other data thieves. Another benefit of keeping such backup is that if there is a some kind disaster occurs such as a natural disaster like a cyclone, your database may get damaged, but, your data would be completely secure.
Encrypt portable data storing devices such as USB flash drives, memory sticks, CDs, smartphones and tablets. As these small data storing devices have an immense capability of storing huge amount of data and usually lack significant security measures. These portable drives are likely to get lost or stolen can spill out the confidential data saved in it. Experts rate these portable drives as one of the top threats to data security.
There are some affordable strategies that can benefit all kinds of businesses in making their confidential data secure. The trend of data breach is increasing day by day and also becoming costlier. The victim who suffers data breach may experience its impact for ages. So, take this threat risk seriously and take effective effects to prevent your data.
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No matter you are an owner of a multinational firm, a sole proprietor, an employee of a company, a student or a housewife, your database is always on the target of cyber criminals. The IT experts give a number of advices to the computer user regarding data security; one of the most common advices is encrypting data. To serve the purpose, there is a number of data encryption software available in the market at the moment, but, which are the best encryption programs that can help you to make your information protected. Below mentioned is the top 3 data encryption software available in the market at the moment.
Folder Lock
Folder Lock is currently the best encryption software by far. According to the ratings of toptenreviews.com it is the best in the business currently, Folder Lock has got the full marks as far as friendly user interface is concerned. It is the only software that offers dynamic locker facility, which means that the locker will grow in size as the size of data will increase. By using Folder Lock, you can lock and hide files, encrypt data, enjoy the facility of dynamic lockers, can transfer encrypted lockers to portable drives, clean history and shred files (delete files that cannot be recovered) and much more. What else a user can ask from security software, Folder Lock is literally not just encryption software, but, a comprehensive data security plan.
SensiGuard
SensiGuard is another wonderful example of data encryption software. But, the program has really some few bugs which are needed to be fixed. The software is not the easiest of all to make the data secure, the users that do not have much expertise in computer feel uncomfortable with this software as it has some real complexities. Other than that, it can be handy software to encrypt records, but, it is to be advised that you should keep a backup of your data as it cannot neutralize every hack attack.
CryptoForge
CryptoForge is another masterpiece of the engineering of data encryption software. It has some brilliant skills in decrypting files and folders, but, it may become a bit sluggish at times when encrypting data. Another issue with this software is that software is not a preferred one for the users who like to multitask. The only way to encrypt information through this software is through the context menu that is not the best of the things.
