A live cyber attacks map from a cyber security company called Norse Security may give you a different outlook on Internet security. The explanation from Norse Security's website: "Every second, Norse collects and analyzes live threat intelligence from darknets in hundreds of locations in over 40 countries. The attacks shown are based on a small subset of live flows against the Norse honeypot … [Read more...]
Heartbleed Bug, What You Need to Do
For the past two years (since March 2012), millions of websites may have been leaking sensitive data due to a major flaw in the OpenSSL software that are used to encrypt and transmit Internet data. The Heartbleed bug as called by the researchers who discovered it, would enable hackers to obtain a compromised site's encryption keys, which makes all passing data basically available for them to … [Read more...]
How to Make Google AdSense Responsive
With many people accessing websites from non-traditional desktop nowadays, it’s important to incorporate responsive design into your website. In the same way, Google AdSense can also be tweaked to adjust to the screen size of your visitors. There are many approaches of how to make Google AdSense responsive without violating Google AdSense policies. The easiest thing to do is to let Google do … [Read more...]
Free and Paid Stock Photos Sites
One sure way to enhance your blog is to put images on its pages. However, we can't just take any pictures on the web and add it to our website due to copyright infringement issue. Fortunately, there are many stock exchange photos sites that we can use to get copyright free images. But if you're not careful, using stock images can also get expensive especially if your blog generates little or no … [Read more...]
Social Media Safety Tips
Going into social media, while it's fun is not without its risks. Here are a few useful tips from Kaspersky to make your social media activity safer while still enjoyable. Verify every Facebook contact Try to verify their identity. Protect your banking and financial information Never disclose anything about your bank accounts, credit cards, debit cards, or other financial information on … [Read more...]