The President has declared October as Cybersecurity month. It's not a bad idea -- just like you change the batteries in your smoke detectors once a year, maybe you should review your electronic vulbnerabilities? My top ten security tips: 1) Change your passwords. You've had them too long, you use the same password in too many places. Somewhere someone has hacked a site that has your username and password in plain text. Now they are getting ready to try that username/password somewhere else. Beat them to the punch. 2) Use a safe browser. That means anything that's not Internet Explorer. I prefer chrome. 3) Use 2 step verification for your email account. If your email doesn't provide 2 step authentication consider switching. 4) Get a free credit report and review it. You are entitled to one free report a year. BE VERY CAREFUL! There are man scam sites that offer free credit reports. Go through the s...
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