Tip #6/31 Mobile Phone User Information Security

CybersecurityAwarenessMonth Never issue out your used mobile phone, that may had once stored your sensitive information, to anyone for resue, even after formatting or factory...

While Facebook and WhatsApp were down, Telegram claims to have gained 70 million new...

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov stated that the messaging app received a "record" 70 million new users on Monday, after a nearly six-hour outage across...

Tip #5/31 Mobile Phone User Information Security

CybersecurityAwarenessMonth "Audit all of your mobile phone apps on a regular basis to prevent any mobile app from accessing your personal information, such as emails, messages,...

Losing Facebook is bad, but losing WhatsApp is worse

It's easy to lose sight of Facebook's reach amid the tumult of Monday's outage. The inability to upload a new photo to Instagram is inconvenient,...
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Social Media Down, What’s Next?

Photo by Shyam Mishra on Unsplash On the 4th of October, something out of the realm of possibilities just happened, social media is...

What caused Facebook’s demise: The global outage continues

When something goes wrong in a network, the old adage goes, "It's DNS." This time, the Domain Name Server (DNS) looks to be the symptom...

What is BGP, and how may it have aided in the removal of Facebook...

On Monday, Facebook was taken down totally, along with Instagram and WhatsApp (as well as a few other websites). Many people have assumed the issue...

WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook down in global outage

Following an apparent global outage, Facebook Inc said it is attempting to restore access to its social media sites, including photo-sharing network Instagram and...

Tip #4/31 Mobile Phone Security

CyberSecurityAwareness "Set up two-factor authentication (2FA) for your important accounts, such as mobile banking and peer-to-peer payment apps. This layer of security will...

Tip #3/31 Mobile Phone Security

Cybersecurity Awareness Month "Instead of using the facial lock or fingerprint lock, always use the 6 digits lock as your mobile phone security access authentication.