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What is a Ransomware Attack and How to Avoid it?
According to The State of Ransomware 2020 study by Sophos, which included 5,000 IT managers from 26 different countries, 51% of respondents said that they were victims of ransomware that year. On average, the cost of a ransomware attack in the U.S, Canada and Europe was $312,493 in 2020, up from $115,123 in 2019, according to Computer […]
November 30, 2023
What is Password Encryption and How Does it Work?
Okay, so you have some documents, files or other data that you want to protect. How do you do that? The standard way is to put a password on it so that only the people who know the password can open the data. Unfortunately, a password alone is not nearly enough to keep your data […]
18 Types of Cyber Security Threats You Should be Aware of and How to Deal With Them
With cybersecurity threats all around us, how can you ensure this doesn’t happen to you or your business and the hacker walking away with vast amounts of data? It starts with “knowing thy enemy” and that means knowing what types of security threats is your business most likely to be targeted by. In this article, […]
Why You Need a Custom Domain Email Address?
So you’re ready to start a new online business? You will first need a website and that means having a good domain name. Now tell me, which one of these two sounds more professional to you and which are you more likely to do any business with as a customer? mybusiness.wordpress.com, or mybusiness.com? I’d imagine […]
How to Encrypt an Email to Protect Your Enterprise?
While email has lost its appeal in private online communication somewhat to social media, instant messaging, chat and VoIP, in business communication, it still rules. In fact, according to a Kinsta report, email is the 2nd largest organic content distribution channel B2B marketers used in 2020, behind only social media platforms, with 87% and it is the […]
What is the Safest Way to Send Secure Email Documents?
Once, now a long time ago, if you wanted to send an important document, you would do that through a postal service. Today, the postal service is far from its heyday thanks in large part to email and file-sharing services like Google Docs, Dropbox, etc. In fact, according to one report from 2010, there were […]
What is ARP Spoofing and How to Prevent it?
ARP spoofing is a type of cyberattack in which the hacker sends out a false Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) message over a Local Area Network (LAN). In this article, we’ll take a look at ARP spoofing, or ARP poisoning, what is it, how it works, how you can detect ARP spoofing attacks and finally, how […]
IP Spoofing: What is it and How to Prevent it?
In order to commit crimes, cybercriminals rely on a variety of techniques to avoid detection. One such technique is known as Internet Protocol address spoofing, or just IP spoofing. In this article, we’ll cover: So, if you want to understand IP spoofing and prevent it, this article will be a good place to start. What […]
All You Need to Know to Create a Secure E Mail
While email has lost some of its appeal as a communication tool over the years and is replaced by other services, having a secure email account is still necessary for a lot of things. You need an email address to sign up to social media networks, buy things online, sign up to websites, activate your […]
How do You Encrypt an Email?
Sensitive information such as usernames and passwords, credit and debit card numbers, social security numbers, medical info, contact information, etc. is very vulnerable when sent via email. This is why it’s important to encrypt your email to protect your sensitive information from data breaches and ensure your online privacy. In this blog post, we’ll explain […]
Email Anonymity and Safety: How to Find the Best Free Anonymous Email Accounts?
Do you need to send sensitive information or files via email? In that case, you should know that email wasn’t designed to be private and there are a lot of ways it can be used to identify you, such as: All of these are excellent ways to uncover spam emails, but we’re sure you’re not […]
How to Stay Anonymous Online? Is It Even Possible?
The Internet is an amazing thing when it comes to communication, learning new things, buying stuff, etc. But how about becoming anonymous? Then it’s a different story. Tech giants like Google, Amazon, Apple and others don’t want you to be anonymous. They want to know everything about and collect your data. Basically, that’s how you’re […]
What is an Email Alias and How to Create One for Your CTemplar Email Account?
What is an email alias and how does it work? An email alias is an additional email address that you can add to your primary email mailbox. Think of it as a nick name to your email account that will use the same account settings, contact list and inbox as the primary account. What are […]
What is Internet Surveillance? How to Protect Yourself From Government Surveillance?
Is Big Brother watching you or is it just your paranoia and you’re imagining things? Unfortunately, while you may think that you’re not interesting enough for someone to spy on you or monitor your online activities – you are and you’re being a victim of Internet surveillance every second you spend online. Everything from what […]
How to be a Whistleblower? Everything You Need to Know About Anonymous Whistleblowing
What would you do if you uncovered corruption, fraud or other illegal practices in your organization, or done by a government agency? Would you stay silent or would you become a whistleblower? If you said the second, this article is the perfect way for you to learn what it means to be a whistleblower and […]
How to Encrypt Internet Connection and Secure Your Traffic?
Encryption is the process of concealing a message so that it can only be read by the intended and trusted recipient. Or, if you want to get technical about it, encryption means using algorithms to conceal and scramble data into an unrecognizable, encoded version, which can only be read by someone with a decryption key. […]
How to Trace Email IP Address and Learn Who Sent You the Email?
Somebody sent you a strange email. Maybe they’re threatening to blackmail you if you don’t send them a specific amount in ransom, or they claim to know you, but you can’t remember knowing them. Their email address, however, reveals nothing. In any case, you want to know who sent you the email so you know […]
How Offline GPG Decryption Software Works?
Whether you have an online business or are looking to secure your own privacy, encryption software is at the forefront and a must-have for protecting your confidential information. In this article, we’ll discuss encryption/decryption software, the difference between PGP and GPG, as well as some offline GPG decryption software tools and why you might need […]
Is Email Secure Enough to Send Your Sensitive Documents?
Can you believe that email is 50 years old? And it’s still one of the most common ways that we communicate online. In fact, over 300 billion emails were sent and received in 2020 and the average office worker in the United States receives 121 emails per day, according to these statistics. But how secure is […]
How Does End-to-End Encryption Protect Your Email Data From Third Party Access?
End-to-end encryption (E2EE) provides the best level of privacy for your email communication. But what is end-to-end email encryption? End-to-end encryption is a way of sending data such that only the sender and the recipient can open and read an email message. This is done by encrypting the data on one side and decrypting it on the […]