On Friday night, February 21, I heard about the Apple security flaw on it’s mobile devices. It seems that their operating system has left it’s iPads, iPhones, and Macs vulnerable to outside attacks/hacks. Hackers have a nice little windows to gain access to these devices and view your personal information when using public Wi-Fi. Things like your email, passwords to your banking site, credit card site, your credit card information used to … [Read more...]

Protect Your Phone From Malware | @HotSpotShield I am a Hotspot Shield Ambassador. All opinions are my own. I’ve noticed a huge trend lately while policing my children’s purchases in the app store. They will search for a specific app, and hundreds will pop up. Innocently they will click on one that looks like the “real deal” and ask me for my password. On closer evaluation of their impending purchase I have noticed “hacks”, “cheats”, and … [Read more...]

Five Way to Combat Cyber Criminals #HotSpotShield I am a Hotspot Shield Ambassador. All opinions are my own.  The reports of cyber crime lately have been making national news. Things like Target’s breach affected over 110 million people! The hackers lifted not only credit card information, but personal information as well. Neiman Marcus suffered a similar fate recently when cyber criminals lifted credit card information from their databases. … [Read more...]

How FREE WiFi Can Be The Enemy | Protect Your Information While Being Mobile I am posting as a Hotspot Shield ambassador. All opinions are my own. Does the scene above look familiar to you? Just the other day I spent several hours at my local Panera trying to focus and catch up on some work. I go there because they are very welcoming when it comes to this sort of thing... electrical outlets all over the place. The food is good and let’s … [Read more...]

How Safe is Public WiFi | Get Behind the Shield I am a Hotspot Shield Ambassador. All opinions are my own. My husband and I love to people watch. After a long dinner full of chatter we will sit back, relax, enjoy each other’s company and people watch. I’ve been noticing more and more lately how “connected” people have become. Cell phones, laptops, and tablets... everywhere and anywhere. More and more businesses are offering open free wi-fi as … [Read more...]