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Have you ever seen an ATM skimmer?
Guest post by James Mowery An ATM skimming device is used by crooks to steal a person’s bank card information and pin number when a victim uses a targeted ATM. And while they are rarely used, you should always be on the look out for this threat to your financial security. There are usually two […]
3 easy ways to clean up your Twitter account
If you use Twitter, you probably love it. (If you don’t use Twitter, I recommend you go to Monitter.com and enter some search terms to see how stimulating the real-time web can be.) However, the more you tweet, the more your account gets cluttered. After a few months, most users use too many applications, follow […]
Cyberspying in the 21st Century
F-Secure’s Chief Research Officer Mikko H. Hyppönen appeared on CrossTalk to discuss international espionage in the Internet age. In a wide-ranging discussion about online terrorism and high-tech spying, Mikko expanded the discussion to include the global epidemic of cybercrime and concerns about a proposed “Internet kill switch”. The whole program runs just over 25 minutes […]
Preview F-Secure Internet Security 2011 for free and get your chance to win
We really want to know what you think of our preview version of F-Secure Internet Security 2011. That’s why we’re inviting you try this beta version of latest and greatest security suite for free. SORRY. THE BETA PROGRAM IS CLOSED. But you can still try F-Secure for free. And if 6 months of total protection […]
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Protecting your data is as easy as making a call
For a long time, I had an old, basic mobile phone, good for the occasional call or text message. There was no software available for backing up my phone on my PC, and I would write all my contact numbers in a physical address book in case I ever lost my phone. Now I have […]
Tighter login procedures make Twitter a safer place
Since Twitter first became popular enough to attract crooks and scammers, phishing has been a consistent problem. Generally, Twitter phishing looks like this: First, you get a direct message linking you to some site for some reason. Next, you login into this third-party site using your Twitter credentials. Finally, everyone in your Twitter stream gets […]
Don’t post and regret
In my last post I raised the issue of cyberstalking. Even if the situation is somewhat difficult from the legal perspective, the Finnish police, for instance, is doing a magnificent job in making its presence know in social media. On Facebook they are being active on their own page, talking about their regular activities, participating […]
We hope you found your phone
The Phone Hunt is over, but hopefully you all have free Anti-Theft for Mobile on your phone to remind you of the good times. We lost 15 phones all over the world (in 15 of the 16 countries where F-Secure has offices, as a few wise Phone Hunters figured out). The clues were viewed nearly […]
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