Your Personal Pictures and Videos Are on the Target of Hackers

SPG PRO You must have heard about the recent leak of celebrity photos that made the whole celeb world as well as common people quite worried about their privacy. They made people realize that these hackers are far superior in intelligence and you cannot run from these online monsters. The recent incidents create a lot of hype, exposed pictures of celebrity and there was a celebrity targeted almost every day. People realized that when such stars are...

USB Flash Drives are Handy, but, Needs to be Secured Diligently

USB Secure There is no doubt that USB flash drive is the portable drive that is most used all around the globe by the computer users. The statistics suggest that millions of USB flash drives are purchased every year in different parts of the world. But, just a nano percent of those pen drives come with built in security measures, the other needs to be secured. If you want to take full advantage of these amazing small data storing devices, you...

Top Apps for the Windows Phone OS from Five Different Categories

SPG PRO The trend of using smartphone does not seem dying anytime soon. The smartphone market is too competitive, where the manufacturers are trying  to equip their phones with more and more astonishing features. But, the main competition that is underway is for getting the crown of the best operating system for the smartphone. Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS are the fierce rivals in this regard, however, it looks like Microsoft’s Windows...

Smartphone Obsession is NOT an Addiction

SPG PRO You have an important meeting with your boss, you switch your smartphone before starting the discussion with him. You might feel that your smartphone is vibrating in your pocket and you realize that it is merely a hallucination as your phone is switched off. After having a good session with your boss, you come to your cubicle and turn the phone on expecting notifications from social media, text messages or phone calls, but, you get a feeling...

10 Stupid Mistakes New Android Users Make

Folder Lock Pro Those who have switched to Android from some other platform know how intimidating and alien a new interface can feel at first. Whether you are looking to switch from Blackberry, iOS or from Windows, using Android will certainly surprise you. Once you make the switch to Android, you’ll be able to rearrange icons however you like. Best of all, you’ll most likely have the option for expandable memory given that you are willing...

Online Criminals are NOT the Real Villians

Folder Lock Almost every computer user is aware of the threat to data security and they are afraid of the genius hackers and their clever techniques of stealing data. Those unknown and unseen criminals are always considered as the villain and are a terrifying profile for the users all around the globe. However, plain old emails are still one of the most common channels of leaking information. People still do not follow the proper protocols for...

5 Major Data Security Mistakes You Are Making

Folder Lock Press Release – Beaverton, Oregon – November-24-2014 – Since the past few years, the information security landscape has changed significantly. Criminal organizations are recruiter hackers to target private and government institutions – taking much of the responsibility for the recent high profile attacks on popular chains such as target, EBay, Ever note, Dominos pizza and others. Before 2012, there were recorded incidents of cases...

Success of Your Business Lies in Originality

Folder Lock Keeping intellectual property safe and secure is one of the basic and the most essential responsibilities of the business. Your idea of a unique product or an effective business plan needs to be protected very carefully as it can make or break your business. Your competitors are always in pursuit of stealing your original ideas and work on it for their benefit. In order to save your intellectual property stored digitally, you...

Convenient USB Flash Drive Can be Hazardous as Well

The convenience that USB flash drives offer in terms of making information portable is simply unmatched. It is as small as It can easily be fitted in your wallet, yet it can store almost as much information as you desire. This surely keeps you always connected to your information and you never seem to be away from it. But, the vast use of this small data storing device is not just a blessing, it has imposed some real risk to your information....

Android Apps and Security Issues

Folder Lock for Android  Press Release – November, 19, 2014 – Beaverton Oregon –Thanks to recent changes by what’s app team, it is now considered the most secure messaging app available for smart phones. This new security enhancement is a result of direct end-to-end encryption – Meaning all your text based communications are encrypted and cannot be intercepted by third parties (such as NSA). However, the encrypted messaging is only...

Three Cruel Realities about Liars

A liar is a confusing, deceptive and painful person, if you are in a relationship with him/her is like a boat floating in the sea with no anchor. Which means, there is nothing certain in the relationship, it is just floating and will reach nowhere. Truth weighs much, it gives stability, the depth and the firmness that a relationship needs to prosper. There is nothing in the world that can deny or replace the value of truth. There are two...

Bigger Data Means Bigger Security Risks

If we take the time to reflect our past and present, it becomes easier to appreciate how far technology has come. Without a doubt, technology has improved the way we get around from point A to point B. It has improved and extended our average life expectancy – for example medical technology has been able to synthesize new medications to combat deadly ailments. Another great example is the internet, in the past, if you had to look up an important...

A Fool-Proof Method to Protect Your Data

Can you think of a person who doesn’t use computers? It’s hard to imagine a life without personal computers. If you go back to the 1960’s, you’ll notice that people needed large file cabinets to store all their personal documents, and offices needed type writers to type up letters. There was no such thing as the internet, so companies had limited research and communication capabilities – it wasn’t as simple as emailing customers or distributors...

Be Wise to To Prevent Yourself Against Hack Attacks

It has not been ages when people used to use fax modems to the surf the cyber world and save their data on small spaced Floppy and Compact Disks. It required extraordinary intelligence and phenomenal typing skills to break into a dataset through hacking. Now, there are sophisticated tools engineered just for the sake of stealing data and one having a fair bit of computer knowledge can learn to break the ordinary security barriers and steal your...

There are NO Secret Ingredients for Success

Ordinary people look up to the successful personnels around them and try to figure out what is so special in them? But, the truth is that there is actually nothing special, no secret ingredient. It is you, who is special, the original you. If you have really noticed the successful people closely, they are original, they do not try to imitate anybody else, they stay in their skin and that is their biggest strength. Your attitude, your approach, your...

Poor Security Pactices and Silly Mistakes are Responsible for Data Breach

The battle to maintain your privacy online is ongoing and it seems like it will continue in the upcoming decades as well. The surveys show that there have been a large number of data breach incidents that have compromised a number of personal records like names, addresses, credit card numbers and social security numbers. The occurrence of many of such cases is blamed to poor security practices and silly errors. Such an incident took place where...

Small Business and the Threat of Data Breach

Data security is a huge concern for every computer, irrespective of his/her location. The scenario is not much different in the case of small business. Entrepreneurs, who is involved in running small businesses should consider this as a major threat to their business. Records like financial reports to clients’ information to the marketing plan, every such kind of information can be too hazardous on being leaked. The main source of data breaches...

Beware of the Lethal Hackers’ Attacks

There are a number of ways through which confidential information that is saved digitally gets leaked. Talking about data breach incidents, the first thing that pops up the mind is hackers. There is no doubt that there is no bigger threat than the unknown, anonymous people saving their cruel faces behind masks of innocent faces. They are genius, sophisticated and very well organized. They work as a team and know the human psyche amazingly well,...

The All New Folder Lock 7.5.0 is Now Available

With the passage of time, the technology is progressing and becoming more and more advance and sophisticated. People seem to get involved in their work and look to neglect the things that seem ordinary at the start, but, in the end prove to be extremely essential. Nearly, 90 percent of the computer users tend to share their files and folders using an internet service, such as emails. However, they are not much habitual of encrypting data...

Folder Lock 7.5.0 Launched with New and Improved Data Security Features

The human kind always had a sense of insecurity and he has always faced a threat of being bullied or looted by crooks or burglars. The situation has not changed much since, in fact, the threats have gone much worse and common in the current digital world. In today’s age, thieves and other crooks do not have to take the risk to commit burglary or theft physically. They can easily target a person sitting miles away from him in front of a computer...

Cost of Data Breach is on the Rise—Be Careful

Some days ago, the Ponemon institute and IBM released the report that revealed the cost of data breach in the current year of 2014. The report revealed that the cost of per incident of data breach has risen significantly as compared to the cost in the last year. The records that have been compromised this year have cost almost $145 this year, on the other hand, the cost per data breach incident was $136. The average cost of a data breach incident...

Myths Will Lead You to Data Breach—Get Folder Lock at 50% Discount on this Halloween

There is continuous increase the attacks of hackers and the reason is that they are getting strong, creative and more sophisticated in their approach. On the other hand, users are still not well educated regarding the threats that the cyber world impose on them. There are some myths that users believe by heart. Here are some of them. I am not a target The majority of the users underestimates themselves, they believe that their information does...