A serious flaw has been discovered that allowed anyone to basically login to other’s Facebook account without the need of a password.

Phishing is a popular method of social engineering employed by scammers. A scammer posing as someone else uses popular communication medium such as email or telephone to contact a victim and request confidential information. This information is used for purposes such as withdrawing money illegally from the victim’s account or even identity thefts.

Identifying a phishing email is easy if you keep in mind certain basic fine points.

A fake email from the White House is just what the hackers needed to fool an unknown number of U.S. Employees into giving up their sensitive secret documents.

It’s not a sin to be fooled by an email or Facebook post. However, you won’t be gaining any friends and credibility by passing on stupid rumors and hoaxes. Take the time to check them out.

Using the free WOT addon in your web browser will make it easy to see if a website or search results are safe to use. It works in most browsers and operating systems.

There are many reasons why a person might be afraid to send a normal email message to someone. Fortunately, there are some very easy ways to send anonymous email.

Gmail had an option for users to use HTTPS as default through a Gmail Labs feature. Today, Google graduated the feature out of labs. This means that all Gmail users will now automatically start using HTTPS by default. However, users have an option to disable HTTPS by default by visiting “Settings -> Labs” and choosing “Don’t always use https”