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Warning: These 7 Public Wi-Fi Risks Could Endanger You

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Getty Images Allowing employees to work from remote locations comes with advantages. However, remote working is not without its risks. If your team works from cafés, on trains, or in airports, you should be mindful of the following seven hidden dangers of public Wi-Fi and about what you can do to avoid the risks. Rogue Wi-Fi networks . You and your team could be tricked into using a rogue Wi-Fi network set up by an attacker. That network enticingly called "Free Wi-Fi" may be set up precisely to harvest your business's valuable data. Man-in-the-middle attacks . Connecting to free, public Wi-Fi brings business risks from having your company data intercepted by third parties. This is because hackers have the ability to position themselves between your employees who are using the Wi-Fi and the connection point. Distribution of malware over unsecured Wi-Fi . Hackers can also use an unsecured Wi-Fi connection to distribute malware. H...
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Five hidden dangers of Facebook (Q&A)

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Five hidden dangers of Facebook (Q&A) Joan Goodchild, senior editor of CSO (Chief Security Officer) Online, outlines on The Early Show big risks she thinks people should be aware they're taking when they use social network.   Facebook claims that it has 400 million users. But are they well-protected from prying eyes, scammers, and unwanted marketers? Not according to Joan Goodchild, senior editor of CSO (Chief Security Officer) Online . She says your privacy may be at far greater risk of being violated than you know, when you log onto the social-networking site, due to security gaffes or marketing efforts by the company. Facebook came under fire this past week, when 15 privacy and consumer protection organizations filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission , charging that the site, among other things, manipulates privacy settings to make users' personal information available for commercial use. Also, some Facebook users found their private ch...
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Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey has account hacked

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The co-founder and chief executive of Twitter had his own account on the service briefly taken over by hackers. A group referring to itself as the Chuckling Squad said it was behind the breach of Jack Dorsey's account. The profile, which has more than four million followers, tweeted out a flurry of highly offensive and racist remarks for about 15 minutes. Twitter says its own systems were not compromised, instead blaming an unnamed mobile operator. "The phone number associated with the account was compromised due to a security oversight by the mobile provider," Twitter said in a statement. "This allowed an unauthorised person to compose and send tweets via text message from the phone number. That issue is now resolved." How did it happen? A source at the company confirmed to the BBC the hackers had used a technique known as "simswapping" (or "simjacking") in order to control Mr Dorsey's account. This is a technique w...
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Top Lists The 25 Richest People in the World 2019

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The 25 Richest People in the World 2019   Who are the richest people in the world? Most people have a pretty good idea, even if they’re not an entrepreneur, or interested in the subject at all for that matter. As you’re reading this, you probably already have names popping into your head as to who will appear on the list of the richest. Let’s find out in this article, where we list the top 25 richest people in the world as of 2019. These are the game-changers, and the people who have helped transform and re-shape the world. The 25 Richest People in the World There’s been a huge fluctuation in the net worth of these billionaires in the past year. But, you can find out more about that below! The stats given here in regards to net worth have come from Forbes directly. These are the top 25 richest people in the world in 2019: 25. Li Ka-Shing Net Worth: $29.8 Billion Li Ka-Shing is one of the most influential businessmen in Asia, and is the current chai...
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