Cybersecurity 101: Steps You Can Take To Better Protect Your Data

As data breaches become more common, it's important to know how to better protect your personal data from hackers. Here are some basic cybersecurity steps you can take.

Spying Smart Toys: How To Keep Your Kids Safe

In the era of modern conveniences where Amazon’s Alexa is ready to play any song or order you laundry pods and also collect an immense amount of data on your life, we should not forget these same technologies are making their way to children’s toys. Bluetooth, voice recognition, and other cutting-edge technologies are now bundled into the mechanics of what appear to be seemingly innocent toys.

The most controversial and prominent example is the My Friend Cayla doll. Cayla is an American made doll that lights up and can speak back to children and respond to questions like other voice technology connected to Bluetooth. The doll’s ability to connect to the Internet and its Bluetooth capability has brought pause in foreign countries.

2016: The Year of Hacks

From the Yahoo email hacks to the digital spying upon the DNC, 2016 was a frightening year of hacking. This is alarming since, year-by-year, our lives are becoming more and more integrated into the cyberworld. And as evidenced by the following hacks, anyone is vulnerable to having cybercriminals steal information, infect devices with malware or spy on you without you having a clue.

We’ll highlight a couple of the major attacks this year and tell you how to secure yourself for a safe 2017.