security

iPhone 5S Fingerprint Scanner: Super or Superfluous?

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Apple’s latest announcements regarding the iPhone 5S have been met with mostly mixed results. Despite the hardware tweaks and improvements, critics note that the innovations on the upcoming model seem few and far between. One innovation Apple is hoping will attract buyers is the addition of the Touch ID fingerprint scanner. The scanner in question is intended to act as an alternative to securing your iPhone with a password and attempt to further protect your … Read more

Phone Authentication Made Easy With TeleSign

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Security is one of the most important things that can be focused on and leveraged within any company. TeleSign offers many different products that are set utilize your phone to assist in the continuing fight against fraud, specializing in phone authentication. All of their products are fully designed to focus on scalability, deliverability, and reliability.  They specialize in large volume product and service roll-outs. Some of their clients include many different social networks, cloud services, payment processors, … Read more

Mac OS X Targeted By Malware Attack

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Some people over the years have been convinced to buy Apple products and computers solely because they think they are invulnerable to viruses, malware, spyware, etc.  Most of us in the know have learned and just plain know better. For those lulled in to a false sense of security that comes with that glowing apple logo, a reality check has come.  And its name is Morcut (also known as Crisis). The timing was almost perfect … Read more

Security Measures to Keep your WordPress Blog Safe from Hackers

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All blog owners want to secure their blog from hackers. The worst nightmare for any blogger is getting his/her blog hacked by someone. WordPress is one of the most used CMS, so it is a prime target for hackers. Hackers will delete the files and database of your site and steal personal information. So, we need to take some security measures to keep our WordPress blog safe from hackers. Below are some tips which can … Read more

Universal Security for Tablets Phones and Computers

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  Despite being protected with multiple anti-virus software programs, firewalls and being more careful whenever clicking on links like doing link previewers for shortened URLs…etc I still see an occasional malware popup from my Antivirus software on occasion from a freeware file I downloaded and wanted to test and review for my readers. It isn’t just files though, viruses and Trojans are infecting virtually every operating system including mobile phone OS’s like Android, iOS (in … Read more