What to do if your Laptop is Stolen
The problem with carrying around an expensive, portable piece of equipment is that it's possible for someone to pick it up and run with it. According to LoJack, a security firm that focuses on stolen property, two million laptops are stolen each year. What should you do if you are a victim of laptop theft?
What to do when your Data is Breached
This has been a pretty common topic for us on the SourcePath Consulting blog. We've seen a lot of Southeast Michigan clients and customers suffer the consequences when online retailers and other account providers experience a security breach. It is equally vital for consumers to know what to do in the event of a security breach as it is the company that is actually breached.
Using Password Formulas to Secure Multiple Web Accounts
Recently, I posted in a blog article that over 45,000 facebook accounts had been compromised. The method that was used to "hack" these accounts primarily revolved around the fact that most people use the same usernames and passwords all over the web. All it takes is for someone to figure out one of your passwords (think: hackers obtaining your one-globally used password via some keylogging software on your system through malware) and you've given them the proverbial keys to the castle. The problem with this is that there's a very simple solution to prevent this from being so devastating an occurrance. I'll show you how.
Over 45 thousand Facebook Logins Stolen by a Worm
On the topic of identity theft, social media accounts are becoming a high target for hackers, especially for spreading malicious viruses. To some, losing control over their Facebook or Twitter accounts could be just as devastating as having their credit card stolen. Trouble is, for many users, having one login account stolen means hackers have access to their other accounts too.
What is your Identity Worth to You?
Your identity has quite a lot of value, especially in the wrong hands. Security firm ZoneAlarm put together some numbers in 2011 concerning identity fraud, and it even shocked us. Let's talk about a few of these statistics and what it means.
Protect Yourself with Secure Passwords
Despite the increasingly vast trust we put into the Internet to keep our personal and business information safe and secure, many users take their passwords very lightly. In an analysis studying over 32 million passwords from RockYou, a company that develops software for social networks, it's been discovered just how little effort is put in to keep things secure. The results are shocking.
