Trust.Zone Blog. Posts by tag 'tips'

Data protection is becoming increasingly difficult for businesses and individuals. Is this difficulty due to the lack of knowledge among individuals and businesses about protecting their data, or is hacking an increasingly popular activity? Whatever the case, online security is a must.

The more data you need to protect, the more influential the act of data protection becomes.

Let’s discuss six essential tips you must follow to protect your data on the highest level. read more...

When you can find any kind of information just in a couple of minutes, you think you’re all-powerful. Actually, it makes you really vulnerable. Tech companies and Internet Service Providers sell your personal information off to the highest bidder. And it is not the only danger when you’re online. read more...

As the workplace becomes more digital, your employees should have appropriate skills to be safe when surfing the internet. Your employees should know the risks and steps to take to protect themselves from cyber-attacks.

To be secure online, you must constantly educate your staff and make changes following technological advancements. Also, you may consider the help of a company with IT support services to clean up your computer network, eliminate potential problems, and help your team implement efficient technology. Having said that, the following are some internet safety tips you can implement in the workplace: read more...

Social engineering attacks are on the rise. In fact, they’re among the most successful and insidious types of cybercrime active today.

Worst of all, you can’t protect yourself from all social engineering attacks by just boosting your computer security. A good social engineering attack doesn’t target your software. Instead, it targets the human element. It tries to trick you, often by playing on your emotions. Social engineering attackers are scammers who use human emotions as the tools of their trade.

To protect yourself from social engineering attacks, you need to secure your mindset as well as your technology. Let us show you how. read more...

Since there are lots of VPN uses that you might not be aware of, we’re going to highlight five uncommon uses for a VPN and how it works in your favor most of the time. read more...

While you may believe that your site doesn't have anything worth hacking, you'd be surprised how many websites are vulnerable to hacks.

Many website security breaches happen not to steal your data or mess with your layout. It uses your server as an email relay for spam and sets up a temporary server, which serves illegal files.

Another common way to abuse compromised machines is using a server as part of the botnet or mine for Bitcoins. Similarly, you can be hit by ransomware as well.
Hacking can be done by automated scripts that scour the internet to exploit a software’s known security problems. That’s why, in this post, we’ll talk about the eight practical tips on how you can keep your database safe and secure online: read more...

We could talk for hours about the larger socio-political issues that social media has a hand in, but what about the more immediate dangers closer to home? What about the glaring risks to our personal privacy?

In the attempt to connect people internationally, social media devs have inadvertently put some very dangerous tools in the hands of hackers, stalkers and a myriad of other cyber criminals.

In the interest of preventing your information from being accessed by these types of people, we’ve compiled a list of 5 tips and best practices to help you insure you’re using social media safely and securely. read more...

Hackers don’t limit their attacks to e-commerce sites. Blogs are vulnerable as well. WordPress and other suites are so popular that cybercriminals make it their business to learn how to exploit any weaknesses.

When they find those openings, they might take your site hostage, redirect your visitors to nefarious websites, or retrieve sensitive data about your business or customers.

In any case, it’s imperative that you ensure your blog is locked down. You can start this process by checking out the following security tips. read more...

Once you turn a computer on and connect it to anything, including your USB thumb drive, it is exposed to threats. Because of the nature of data movement methodologies and personal habits, there are threats everywhere. Know this and accept that fact and you have the right mindset to be safe.

The Internet is a vast and cool place, but as with everything good, there is a counterculture who wants to exploit it for their motives. In a way, a healthy dose of paranoia is good when computers are involved. The first preventative is a password.

We have decided to create a simple guide on how to make your password strong. read more...

Since digitalization becomes a massive part of our life and the process fastens because of pandemic outbreaks in 2020-2021, more and more businesses proceed with remote working. In turn, remote work widens the list of potential risks for employers and requires more cybersecurity.

Being a skilled cybersecurity specialist after getting a quality education in this area, you can earn from USD 80,000 to 160,000 per year (the average salary for a cybersecurity analyst position in the US.) read more...