There are resources available that will give indications about a link’s safety, but not all link safety guides are based on the same criteria, and if any one of them is treated without knowing how it works, what criteria...
Read MoreFacebook and WOT (Web of Trust) go together like peanut butter and jelly. The WOT Firefox and Internet Explorer add-on can help you stay safer from the dangers on Facebook. We all love to share links on Facebook with our friends...
Read MoreThere’s a chat message going around about getting 500 Facebook credits free. If you receive such a message like the image below, don’t click on the link. The message is not being sent from your friend, it’s from a program...
Read MoreCyber crime continues to grow at an alarming rate and in 2010 this proved to be very true with all the security breaches, exploits and viruses. What could we expect in 2011? You can bet that many scammers and criminals are...
Read MoreMy in-box has been getting hit hard lately by an onslaught of spam. I noticed that most, if not all the spam is about online deals. Spammers love the holidays and for good reason, people are always looking for great deals. The...
Read MoreIt’s creepy and it’s spooky, but sometimes sharing a link with friends and family can put them in harm’s way. You should be very careful on what Halloween links you click on and share as many of them lead to websites that have a...
Read MoreWOT (Web of Trust) has a community made up of security conscious people who have rated 28,761,721 websites, that’s millions. They’re your eyes and advisory against security risks. My friend g7w would call it “WOT Services Ltd....
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Phishing attacks continue to grow at a rapid rate and are used mainly for identity fraud....
Read MoreSince 2008, Web of Trust (mywot.com) awards members for their hard work and contribution to the Web of Trust Community. It’s the community that makes the difference in the overall success of mywot.com by identifying and alerting...
Read MoreIt was a busy year for security firms and 2010 will be more of the same. In 2009, we called it the Godzilla of worms – Conficker and its many variants. There were more than 40 misleading applications known also as...
Read MoreBefore you click on an unknown URL, check it first using the Trend Micro Web Reputation Search Tool. This tool can also check your own website or blog to see if it’s harboring malicious code that could hurt your sites...
Read MoreThere are many rogue applications that entice users to download through a popup or a new browser window that says the users computer is either infected, at risk, or has registry problems and it shows a simulated scan. STOP! Hit...
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