Before your new tech gadget becomes part of your day-to-day life, here’s what you need to know about helping to assure privacy and security.

Not only are spam texts and calls annoying, but they can put your data and information at risk. To help, we have a guide on how to stop spam texts.

Computer maintenance means keeping your computer in good condition through regular cleanings, hard drive updates, and virus prevention. Find out how.

You may be able to increase your download speed if yours is slow. Learn some simple and more complex ways to do it.

Spam. In some ways, it's the electronic equivalent of junk mail and junk phone calls. Spam is not only an unsolicited and annoying nuisance, it's also a pervasive problem that's clogging and overwhelming the Internet's email systems. Spam accounts for approximately 80 percent of worldwide email volume.

The Internet has blurred the lines between real world and the virtual one. Technology is barreling into our hands through smartphones at an unbelievable pace.

The deep web and the dark web both offer a degree of privacy and anonymity. Dark web websites are often associated with illegal activity — but not all of them. There’s a chance you’ll find websites run by criminals. Some websites could infect your devices with viruses.

Learn how remote computer access works, the possible security risks, and how you can access other computers and networks remotely.

Learn how to clean the outside and inside of your cell phone for your own health and for the safety of your data and devices.

Let’s face facts: it's easy to forget passwords. People often use simple words, such as a pet's name, or easy-to-remember dates such as a wedding anniversary. A hacker could try your name, children's names, birthdates and pets' names as passwords to get access to your computer.

With the threat landscape changing so rapidly, it is wise to understand what your antivirus software has to offer.

Many online users are still being confronted with similar messages to the above thanks to a type of malware called ransomware. The scam works by using malware to disable the victims’ computers until they pay a ransom to restore access.

Two-factor authentication adds an extra step – and an extra level of security — when you log into a website, online bank account, credit card portal, or other site.

If you’re the type of person who regularly receives smartwatches, wearable tech, and other gadgets as gifts, it’s important to know how to help protect them.

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If you’re on free public Wi-Fi while out holiday shopping, be sure to add a little ho-ho-ho to that Wi-Fi hotspot with these security tips.

Have you ever lost a lot of really important data? Or, alternately, have you ever had a moment of panic where you thought you did? Whether it's images of a family vacation, a report from work or a...

We all get them from time to time- those little windows that pop up, notifying us that there are software updates available for our computer. Chances are, these always seem to present themselves...

Online fraud is one of fastest growing crimes of our time. The ability to be anonymous, and the fact that it can be performed anywhere in the world makes it very difficult, if not impossible, for law enforcement to curb it.

Have you ever clicked on an intriguing ad or link while surfing the Web and had a barrage of pop-up windows flood your screen or your browser suddenly send you to a slew of unsavory sites?

Cybercriminals are attracted to stealing data that they can make money from, such as credit and debit card numbers, bank account numbers, Social Security numbers, birthdates, full names and addresses. They can commit identity theft with Social Security numbers, sell credit and debit card numbers to other cybercriminals or bleed bank accounts dry using bank account information.