America’s favorite hobbies, it seems, is tracing our family tree. Nothing could be easier. We only have to send off a saliva sample and then upload the results in the hope of finding long lost relatives. However, there is a big trade off if you do that, according to security experts.

It seems like every day there is a huge credit card breach at a major company and your credit card is at risk.  What can you do to keep your credit card (and your money) safe?  What should you do after a breach?  This checklist is a flash briefing of some of the things you should know.

Cyber security is something you hear about a lot these days. Sometimes it’s thrown around to scare business owners, other times it has proven to be a cautionary tale, one that small businesses can learn from to fend themselves from online threats that can leave devastating impact.

Did you realize that your personal information might be less personal than you think when you are shopping, or even when you are simply using your phone?

Alan Crowetz, Internet Security Expert for WPTV was interviewed this week by the TV channel and says that we are probably unaware of 99% of the tracking that is being done.

Are you actually paying someone to cause your downfall?
Would you pay a criminal to break into your business?  Would you hire a corrupt bookkeeper you know nothing about and then give them full access to your bank accounts and credit cards?  Of course not!  Yet we constantly see something far more damaging.

The former girlfriend of George Zimmerman has shared her take on the sharing of very private information, for the first time on television. Her former boyfriend shared intimate photos of her on social media without her permission.
Much of her time with Zimmerman was good until she started to get text messages and voicemails from total strangers.

Schools in Palm Beach County District have received at least 14 threats this school year alone, all of which are being actively investigated. There have been no arrests. Early in February, two different Palm beach County schools received two threats, one by phone and one by email.

We all know that the only way we stand any chance of winning the Powerball jackpot is by playing.

However, players are being misled into thinking that there is another way to buying a winning ticket.

A warning has been issued to players, by The Florida Lotto of a scam website selling shares of Powerball tickets on the internet.

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If you watch or read the news you have heard of CryptoLocker, one of the most notorious of the Ransomware type of malwares that have recently popped up in our modern digitally connected society, and the trend-setter of the type that encrypt files until a payment is made in exchange for the private key.