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What Is Cyber-Security?

Cyber-security involves the protection of digital data against cyber attacks, such as malware erasing your computer, hackers stealing your credit card details or even hijacking your social media account to make unauthorized purchases. This includes encrypting sensitive information, multi-factor authentication and regularly changing passwords. Cutting-edge security technologies, such as artificial

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The Different Types of Hackers

Hacking is the manipulation of digital code or systems to make them do something they weren’t designed to do. It can be creative and positive like improving security, or malicious and illegal like breaking into systems and stealing data. Black hat hackers exploit vulnerabilities in computer and financial systems for

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How to Protect Your Computer From Malware

Malware is malicious software that can be used to steal, hijack, and damage electronic devices and systems. It can be disguised as a helpful program or app that makes unauthorized changes to a device (such as displaying pop-up ads, changing search engine results, or adding icons to a desktop). This

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