Security

Your phone rings, and it could be a friend or a trap. Scammers know how to hide behind area codes that seem familiar, and one wrong move could cost you hundreds. So, what should you do, and what are the 5 area codes to avoid? In this review, we’ll walk you through five area codes…

We shouldn’t have to tell you how important your email security is. After all, we use emails for everything, and verifying access to different accounts is just one small part of it. So, you can probably imagine how devastating it could be if someone hacked your email. That’s why catching any weird or suspicious activity…

Ever answered a call, only to hear a sketchy robot offering a free vacation – or worse, pretending to be your bank? You’re not alone. The survey found that 96.8% of people have been hit with scam messages. Nearly half (49%) got them via SMS, and 26.5% through calls. Scammers often use phone number spoofing…

Many websites and apps, especially online shopping platforms, require personal information, including phone numbers. Unfortunately, some platforms share or sell this data to third parties, including telemarketers and fraudsters. As a result, you may start receiving calls from unknown numbers. While an occasional missed call is normal, frequent calls from unknown sources can quickly become…

How does your day start? Let us guess: one of the first things you do is grab your phone and check what’s new on social media. For many of us, it’s almost automatic – a habit we don’t even think about much. Social media has become such a huge part of our daily grind. It’s…

Almost every mobile phone user has faced or at least heard about the phone’s wrong number scams. Americans, for instance, receive more than 3 billion spam calls every month, which continues to increase yearly. Wrong number scam is a new trend and something to be aware of. However, before learning to protect ourselves from them,…

Are you exhausted from getting spam emails? They are irritating and harmful, as many malicious individuals use them to install malware on your device. And these spam emails are everywhere.  Between 2018 and 2024, the number of email users globally increased from 3.8 billion to 4.4 billion, and it is set to grow to 4.89…

OTP – what does it stand for? Is it just another abbreviation scientists use to sound like the big fish in the pond, or is there more to it? In short, OTP is something almost each of us goes through in our daily lives. Yeah, surprised? Well, we’ll add more clarity to what OTP is. …

iPhones are incredibly popular among kids and families in the U.S., with over 60% of the smartphone market using iOS devices as of 2024. This share is growing globally, particularly in regions like Canada (60%), Sweden (56%), Japan (68%), and North Corea (82%). In Europe and Asia, iPhones hold about 30-40% of the mobile market….