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Tips for Keeping Your Information Safe When Shopping Online

PSafe Newsroom — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:00:59 +0000

With identity theft at an all-time high — affecting a total of 15.4 million Americans in 2016 — Android users are right to be cautious when purchasing items online. While the convenience of online centers such as Amazon is unrivaled by brick and mortar stores, the threat of credit card theft looms over every unsecured Internet purchase. In order to protect your Android from penetrating your purchases and websites, activate the anti-hacking feature:

It’s important to use anti-hacking to protect your personal information from being stolen. In the wrong hands, your checkout information will not only allow hackers to use your account funds, but it can also allow them to open credit cards in your name and steal your identity. To further avoid this threat, make sure to always rely on trusted retailers and to check your accounts regularly for fraudulent purchases.

Check the Retailer
When purchasing clothes, electronics, or household items online, be sure to rely on familiar websites. While unknown sites may claim to offer lower prices or free shipping, oftentimes these offers are attempts to entice customers and steal their bank account information. If you are purchasing from a third-party Amazon or eBay retailer, be sure to read through customer reviews before entering credit card information. In addition, only order goods from websites with SSL (secure sockets layer) encryption. These websites will feature a lock symbol in the address bar and a URL that begins with “HTTPS.”

Protect Your Information
When inputting information during a purchase, only provide the information that is strictly necessary for each purchase. Retailers should never ask for a Social Security number or even the last 4 digits of your SSN. In addition, many retailers only require several fields during checkout, as necessary. In these cases, only provide the information deemed strictly necessary. Purchases should also never be made over an unsecured Wi-Fi network, only over secure personal networks. Use different passwords for each online shopping account, and never allow retailers to store checkout information, especially credit card numbers.

Be Smart with Accounts
After purchasing an item online, be sure to check your bank accounts regularly, rather than waiting for a statement at the end of the month. Check for fraudulent purchases made from your accounts, and report purchases that you don’t recognize immediately. Additionally, always use credit cards when purchasing online. Fraudulent charges made with a credit card can be disputed and reversed, but those made with debit cards, checks, or money orders can never be returned.

Labor Day Shopping: How to Keep Your Credit Card Info Safe

PSafe Newsroom — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 21:24:39 +0000

While consumers’ ears are tuned to the sound of slashed prices and steep discounts on clothing, mattresses, and furniture offered by Labor Day sales, hackers are drawn to the promise of many credit card transactions and loose login information. If you’re looking for a secure browsing experience when shopping online activate the anti-hacking feature. This feature identifies and blocks malicious websites and pop-ups, ensuring that your online Labor Day shopping experience is safe and secure:

The threat of compromised shopping and banking databases increased significantly. In 2015 alone, 71 banking-related databases were hacked, jeopardizing users’ financial data and online security. To protect yourself from the heightened danger posed by a Labor Day shopping spree, take these few, simple precautionary steps.

Password Safety Measures
When it comes to security, passwords are often the weakest link in cyber protection. Consumers using the same password across multiple accounts or common passwords such as 123456 or Password1 automatically expose their accounts and sensitive financial data to an increased risk of hacking. To strengthen this link in your cybersecurity wall, opt for a unique password for each account. This password should incorporate different cases and characters and should not include your name. In addition, users should gravitate towards sites that use two-factor authentication, an added layer of security authentication that can go a long way in securing personal data.

Public Wi-Fi is a No-Go
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a million times; never enter secure login information or access sensitive financial information while using public Wi-Fi. Once hackers have broken into a public Wi-Fi network, they can likely view everything typed by smartphone users connected to the hotspot. Shopping or banking in public but want to keep your information secure? Turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to ensure that your device doesn’t automatically connect to any familiar hotspots.

Watch Your Sources
Before ever entering personal data, credit card information or login credentials, be sure to check the authenticity of the app or website. Never enter this information into a site that isn’t security enabled, a status that can be verified by the presence of HTTPS before the site URL. HTTPS not only authenticates the website and web server, it also protects against man-in-the-middle attacks and provides communications encryption in both directions. Shopping or banking on your smartphone? Only download the apps straight from the official business. Before completing a purchase through an unfamiliar app, be sure to research the company and read any available reviews of the app online.

How Do Websites Know You’re Using an Ad Blocker?

PSafe Newsroom — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 13:00:27 +0000

Ads are often a pesky, disruptive, and noisy inconvenience to Internet users. They can also be malicious, too. If you’re forced to visit a website without your ad blocker, make sure to download dfndr security and enable the anti-hacking feature. While you’re browsing, this tool will protect you from phishing attempts or other malicious activity. anti-hacking will also send you notifications if you encounter any threats, so your personal information will never be at risk.

When ad blockers hit the market, everyone sighed with relief. But the websites that make their money from advertising were certainly unhappy with this turn of events. Their outrage led to the development of ad blocker detection software, which can identify if a browser is equipped with an ad blocker. This software will then block a user from accessing a website’s content unless the user disables the ad blocker. In the long run, websites are likely saving money by investing in this software, as opposed to losing all of their ad revenue. The following will tell you how to use your ad blocker on these protected websites.

3 Ways of Getting Around Ad Blocker Detectors
So, you’ve run into a website that knows you’re using an ad blocker. Here are 3 easy methods to regain access to that website on your device:

Whitelist the website. This strategy is catering to the website’s demands, which has detected your ad blocker. By whitelisting this specific site, you’re agreeing to suffer through the ads, in order to retain your visitor privileges. Keep in mind that deciding to whitelist a website means that your ad blocker is still active on other sites. However, you could also “pause” your ad blocker temporarily while on the website instead of whitelisting the site.
Disable JavaScript. Most advertisements utilize JavaScript to run. So, if you disable it, the ads disappear, too. There are, however, some disadvantages to this approach. For instance, if the website has any video elements that you do want to see. Removing JavaScript means these features won’t play, either. Therefore, this approach is best for read-only websites, like news carriers or personal blogs.
Install a Tampermonkey script. For more tech-savvy users, you have the option of installing a script to bypass “ad-blocker blockers.” To activate the script in Chrome, paste it into your Tampermonkey plug-in. Now, your ad blocker can run freely across websites where it couldn’t before. However, it’s still unclear whether this script works for all websites.

How Risky is it to Check Your Bank Account on Public Wi-Fi?

PSafe Newsroom — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:00:27 +0000

You’re at a coffeeshop doing some work on the cafe’s Wi-Fi, and you decide to check your bank account to see if you have enough funds to cover your weekend plans. But is this a safe idea? The answer: not really. If you’re going to check your bank account, you should always do so on a secure, private Wi-Fi network, or else on your phone’s cellular connection. Otherwise, a hacker may be able to see your every move. When accessing your bank information online, you should activate anti-hacking so that you remain protected against online scams:

The anti-hacking feature eliminates worry, letting you browse online and stay protected against phishing attempts, hackers, malicious websites, and online scams. That way, even if a malicious website is mimicking your bank’s website, you won’t be able to enter your account information on the site because anti-hacking will warn you of the site’s intentions and block your access. That’s it; think of anti-hacking as your personal browsing bodyguard. That way, you can get back to browsing the websites you love without worrying about a scam.

The Difference Between Public and Private Wi-Fi
Before exploring this issue further, however, it’s important to first establish what it really means to have a secure Wi-Fi connection. If you want to check the security of your network — no matter if the network is private or public, use the wi-fi check feature. This feature will also check your connection, download speed, and DNS security. Click here to use wi-fi check: