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Router Attacks on the Uptick
Increasingly, attackers are targeting routers to hijack and redirect your Internet traffic. Here are 4 easy things you can do to ensure your router's integrity.
| Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
In the real world game of keep-away, two people toss a ball back and forth while a third person - the man in the middle - tries to intercept the ball while its enroute. In the cyberworld, the game of keep-away gets a new twist; the two players have no idea the man in the middle exists.
| Why Internet Safety is Important
A Web page isn't just static content from one source. When you visit any website, chances are it's pulling content from several different sites and servers. Your browser handles all this automatically, which means if one of these external sources is malicious, your computer can be easily compromised.
| Pump and Dump Stock Scams
Ever received one of those emails that pretends to be passing on some hot stock tip? Referred to as 'pump and dump' scams, the intent of the email is to artificially inflate the price of worthless stock, so the scammers can cash in. Here's how it works.
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