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Noidentitytheft Student Scholarship Award

After years of sharing important identity theft advice with our audience, we decided to help students obtain a quality education by creating a scholarship. We created the Noidentitytheft Scholarship Award to encourage and promote higher education. Students have the opportunity to earn an annual scholarship to ease the financial burden of tuition. The $1000 scholarship aims to help students […]

ID Shield

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [simple_tooltip content=’** Credit card required at enrollment. If you`re not completely satisfied within your 30-day risk-free period, call 1-800-LifeLock to receive a full refund. At enrollment, your credit card will be billed automatically ($8.99mo/$98.90yr for LifeLock Standard™ or $17.99mo/$197.90yr for LifeLock Advantage™ or $26.99mo/$296.90yr for LifeLock Ultimate Plus™, plus applicable sales tax). Further details […]

Catfishing

Catfishing
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is catfishing? Catfishing (also known as “catphishing”) refers to the act of a person – perhaps a cybercriminal – creating a fake personality and using fake pictures to con you into some sort of relationship online. The ultimate goal being only to steal your money or your identity. How do you become a victim […]

Smurf Attack

Smurf Attack
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is a smurf attack? A smurf attack is a malicious Denial of Service attack that makes a computer network inoperable by targeting the vulnerabilities of the Internet Protocol (IP) and Internet Control Message Protocols (ICMP). How does a smurf attack work? Typically, a smurf attack relies on three specific things: the hacker or […]

Malvertising

Malvertising
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is Malvertising? The use of online advertisements to help spread dangerous malware is known as “malvertising,” a word derived from “malicious advertising.” How malvertising works Malvertising is growing in popularity. It involves putting dangerous codes into online advertisements, which could infect your computer even on trusted websites. Unfortunately, there’s a good chance you […]

Cloud Security

Cloud Security
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is cloud security? Cloud security, also known as cloud computing security, is an umbrella term that refers to the policies, controls and other technology used to protect data and other details involved in cloud computing. (Cloud computing is provides shared resources and information to computers, smartphones, tablets and other devices on-demand.) Threats to […]