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  • Fight Cybercrime with An Online Talk Show
    Using the internet as a way to fight back, I found it easy and extremely user-friendly to run an online talk show, thanks to an online service known as BlogTalkRadio. As an Internet Safety Advocate and Educator, I launched my online radio show as another venue by which to continue to fight cybercrime.
  • Proven Tips and Tactics about the Newest Trend in Making Money Online
    Despite the controversy about predators lurking on social networking sites, these sites are setting a new trend when it comes to making money online. One such site leading the pack is Yuwie. Similar to the others like MySpace, Facebook, FriendsWin, hi5, and Xianz, to name a few, Yuwie has the distinction of being the only one to pay its members for what they normally do for free on the other sites.
  • Proven Tips, Tools, and Tactics and Other Security Measures To Stay Safe Online (Part 2 of 2)
    Although the Internet basically provides a positive and productive experience, cyber-attacks against our personal privacy and security are reaching epidemic proportions. These attacks are occurring in our own homes and businesses. Our own computers are being used are being used as zombies to attack other people, businesses, and even our nation itself. As an average Internet user, you may not be aware of these threats.
  • Proven Tips, Tools, and Tactics and Other Security Measures To Stay Safe Online (Part 1 of 2)
    Staying safe online is no longer a given, but a necessary extracurricular activity. Here are nine security measures you can employ immediate to protect yourself, your family, and your business. By following the recommended cyber security measures outlined here, you can limit the harm cyber criminals can do not only to your computer, but to everyone's computer.
  • What Everybody Ought to Know: It's No Longer Enough To Install Off-the-shelf Security Software
    The Internet-based attacks on your personal privacy and security continue to worsen year after year. The future of Internet security is gloomy ¬ and it takes an extremely dedicated and savvy computer user to find the right mix of security programs and stay current with the newest threats. Internet security is not a one-time event.
  • Is Your College Student Carelessly Inviting Identity Thieves and Predators?
    And what are some of the careless acts of college students that leave them vulnerable to identity theft? Here are a few of the ways they might be inviting predators, hackers, and other cybercriminals:
  • Your Money and Your Life: Gone in Sixty Seconds Flat!
    Cybercrime is on the rise. Your Money and Your Life: Gone in Sixty Seconds Flat!

    "How?", you ask. OK, let me elaborate on a few of the many ways cybercriminals steal your money, and, literally, your life and they can do so in seconds, not minutes, or hours.
  • Criminals Flock to the Internet and to a Computer in Your Home or Business
    Organized crime seems too be extremely active in the scam known as "phishing" in which they send emails under the guise of being a financial institution or other legitimate organization. In the email they ask unsuspecting victims to verify personal information such as account numbers and passwords.
  • The Future of Safe Internet Surfing
    When the Super Highway became commercialized, its use was intended for the free and legitimate exchange of information and instantaneous communication. It was a fairly innocent medium, awkward to some, but still innocent and safe. However, nowadays, staying safe online has become a never-ending battle – for children as well as adults. Because cybercriminals are becoming smarter and more sophisticated in their operations, they are real threats to our personal security and our privacy.
  • Twelve Key Questions You Need to Ask About Your Computer Security for Your Home or Business
    Security technology is only a part of an overall security plan. If you own a small business or a home-based business, or if you've been tasked with implementing security at your organization, developing a comprehensive security plan should be a very important part of your overall security strategy.
  • Report: Combined Consumer Education and Increased Security Measures Equal Reduced Identity Fraud
    While surfing the 'net, I came across a report about the reduction of identity theft and identity fraud. Obviously, it caught my attention. Following, in part, is that report which was produced by Javelin Strategy & Research, and co-sponsored by CheckFree Corporation, Visa Card, and Wells Fargo & Co.
  • Internet Safety Tips for Kids (and Parents, Employers, and Managers!)
    Nowadays, staying safe online has become a never-ending battle – for children as well as adults. Because cybercriminals are becoming smarter and more sophisticated in their operations, they are real threats to your personal security and privacy. Your money, your computer, your family, and your business are all at risk.
  • Your Child's First Year at College: Prime Target for Identity Theft?
    If your son or daughter is a recently high school graduate and college freshman, he or she is the ideal target cybercriminals are looking. "Why?" you might ask. For cybercriminals the answer is easy and highly profitable. Recent high school graduates and college freshmen provide extremely lucrative opportunities for the cybercriminals to obtain their personal information. Even before they start their first careers, these graduates and college students may be crippled by identity theft.
  • Zombie PCs, Home Computer Hacking, and Drive-by Hacking
    Spyware, Keyloggers, Hackers, Cyber Terrorists, Cybercriminals, Cybergangs, etc. These threats are real and the fact is your computer is most likely infected already! Cybercrime is on the rise. You may not be the only one using your computer. Hackers may be using your computers and you may not even know it. Would you ever know it if your computer were taken over and being used by a hacker?
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