The Learning Center
Computers around the world are infected. What happened? On Friday, May 12, 2017, a massive cyber attack called WannaCry took place globally, affecting millions of computers, thousands of companies and agencies, and catching most of the world totally off guard. This brand of hack falls under the category of ransomware, which you can learn more…
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Most of us make it easy to be a target.Hackers are people. Not nice people, but they are human beings. They manipulate technology, sure, but there’s always someone behind a plot or cyberattack. And although they use their brand of hardware and software to infiltrate computer systems, they often rely on other humans to help…
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A Web beacon is a hidden, transparent, but nonetheless “graphic” image that finds its way onto your computer. They’re small “objects” that are embedded into a webpage or an email and are “activated” when you visit the site or open the email. Web beacons are placed on a website or in an email and they…
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Many people know how to drive a car, but have little or no knowledge about how the car actually works. So, too, are many people familiar with how to view and navigate web pages, but have limited knowledge of how those web pages do what they do. Here we will answer the question: “What is…
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Almost all of your online activity is made possible through the help of protocols—the special networking-software rules and guidelines that allow your computer to link up to networks everywhere so you can shop, read news, send email and more. (Your IP address, which stands for Internet Protocol, is just one of many.) The protocols are…
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Do you still get emails from people, companies and websites that you have no interest in and that you never asked for? If yes, then you’re still being hounded by one of the Internet’s oldest problems: spam. You’d think that by now spam would have been outlawed or something. And you’re right: Because it is…
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What Is SmartDNS? With an array of global sites hiding behind the locked doors of geo-blocking, using a SmartDNS is the key to accessing that restricted content and essentially unblocking websites. Before delving into the world of SmartDNS use, however, it is beneficial to first educate yourself on what a SmartDNS really is, how it…
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Some unsettling news came out of a report a few years ago on business data breaches (hack attacks where data is stolen).* The report analyzed the hackers and their business targets. Now, most people think that hackers primarily attack large companies, and that would seem to make sense for a couple of reasons: When hackers…
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