Free wi-fi is widely available and tempting to use, especially when traveling. Hotels, airports, coffee shops, even NYC subway stations provide it. But the dangers of public wi-fi are many-fold. Not only are they hunting grounds for hackers, but a new report from security firm FireEye claims a Russian hacker group known as APT28, or …
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Protecting your data from unwanted eyes
This article was written by Katherine Sagona-Stophel, government analyst at Thomson Reuters, and originally appeared on the Knowledge Effect blog. We live in an information age, and protecting your computer’s information is just as important as protecting your social security number. This doesn’t just mean smart password creation; it also means other precautions you may …
- November 7, 2013
- Susan Martin
