Cyber Warfare

SmartPhone Recovery Pro: Safe Communication for Your Children

April 18th, 2013 by Millie Smith

SmartPhone Recovery Pro for Child's SafetyBeing a parent in the digital era can be a challenge. The growth of digital media and technology has revolutionised our children’s lives, providing them with new entertainment, networking and social opportunities. More and more children and teenagers are using smartphones, which allows them unlimited access to the Internet.

While the computers that children use at home are more likely to be secured by anti-viral and parental control software, their mobile devices allow them to view digital content with no restrictions. Kids are using various devices to access the Internet – laptops, tablets, smartphones, and outside home they have countless access points such as internet cafes, friends houses, public hotspots. The Internet brings a whole world of concerns, including online abuse, exposure to inappropriate content and cyber bulling.

Smartphone security tips for parents

With growing numbers of children having uncontrolled access to the Internet, it is becoming increasingly important to ensure that children have safe and positive online experiences. SmartPhone Recovery Pro for iPhone and Android can help parents view a range of data on their child’s phone. The software retrieves a staggering amount of information including browsing history, text messages, call logs, photos, videos, contacts and map history. With SmartPhone Recovery Pro, parents can monitor these types of data even if the information has already been deleted.

SmartPhone Recovery Pro supports any type of iOS and Android device. The software retrieves and recovers deleted data direct on the child’s smartphone or tablet. Thanks to SmartPhone Recovery Pro, parents can check the Internet history and bookmarked pages on their child’s phone and ensure that the youngster is not accessing any inappropriate content. By controlling their children’s smartphone activity, parents can also to make sure that the child is not exposed to threats like predators, bullies and scams.

Software Paradise is an official SmartPhone Recovery Pro reseller, distributing this powerful tool at the best UK price – £43.50.

 

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UK Reseller Software Paradise Appointed as a Distributor of SmartPhone Recovery Pro

April 10th, 2013 by Millie Smith

SmartPhone Recovery ProUK’s biggest IT reseller Software Paradise has been appointed by Enigma Recovery to distribute SmartPhone Recovery Pro - a powerful data recovery tool for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets.

Enigma Recovery uses state-of-the-art technologies to develop simple to use, yet powerful solutions to recover data from most of today’s handheld digital gadgets. In the 21st century digital era data loss can cause extreme stress both at home and at the workplace. SmartPhone Recovery Pro is very similar to the leading forensic software solutions on the market and is developed according to the same technology, algorithms and coding. Furthermore, SmartPhone Recovery Pro provides the same functionality but at a fraction of the cost.

Software Paradise has recently been appointed as a SmartRecovery Pro distributor, providing pre-sales support, trial versions of the software and licenses at the best UK price – £43.50. For more information, please see the SmartRecovery Pro product page.

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What happens in Vegas stays on the Internet even if you’re not Prince Harry

February 27th, 2013 by Millie Smith

With facial recognition long out of the lab, coupled with unauthorised mobile phone tracking that pinpoints your exact location and cookies capturing your every move on the Web, you are exposed like Prince Harry on a vacation in Las Vegas.

There are no secrets online. That emotional e-mail you sent to your ex, the snowboard gear that you are pondering buying for your winter vacation, those hours spent watching cat videos – can all be gathered to create a profile of you. Your details can be stored, evaluated, indexed and traded as a commodity to data brokers who, in turn might sell it to advertisers, employers, insurers or credit rating agencies.

Video Location Estimation System

And if users today are competing to become Mayors of places in Foursquare, in the near future they might as well be able to track other users only by watching a video. The Researchers at the University of California are building a location-centric database by analysing videos downloaded from the Internet.

The technology compares geotags, visual cues such as textures and colours, time stamps and sounds such as birdsong. According to the researchers the nascent system is already capable to “listen” to a train whistle and know it came from a train passing through Tokyo for example.

Google

Google’s search and advertising processes have been under investigation in the EU since 2010, over concerns that Google links differently to its own vertical services – thereby disadvantaging its competitors. Google’s latest privacy policy means that users get a simpler experience when signing up for a new Google-owned service. But it also means that Google can build up a more comprehensive picture of the user for advertising – for example, monitoring a person’s use of YouTube to help better target adverts within Gmail.

If you don’t like that Google does this, the best way you can still retain some anonymity is by not logging into Google services. You can also erase your browsing history and block Google from collecting keyword research data about your search queries.

Facebook

Facebook insists that it’s up to the user to decide how much they want to share with the community and this is true to an extent. Facebook lets you fine-tune the visibility of your “likes” and pictures among your friends, but you can’t entirely opt out of Facebook searches and control how much of yourself to expose to marketers. Facebook has eyes across the Internet. According to a study, the Facebook social button is integrated into 20 percent of the top 10,000 most popular Web sites. However, there are tools and browser extensions like Abine, DisconnectMe and Ghostery that can help you block trackers.

 

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Infographic by Veracode Application Security

 

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Christmas shopping spree: Safety tips for happier holidays

December 3rd, 2012 by Millie Smith

christmas gift ideasWith the festive season approaching fast, we are all looking for ways to save. For most of us, the best way to cut costs and avoid hassles is to shop online. Online Christmas shopping is convenient, price-conscious and stress-free, but before embarking on a shopping spree, you should take a little time to get your computer ready and ensure a happy holiday experience.

Use antiviral software

Keep your system and your anti-virus program fully updated. Install security updates and patches for the most important applications.

Lock up your devices

Digital devices are playing bigger role in the holiday shopping process than ever before, from pre-purchase research on the home or office computer, to in-store price checking on the smart phone. Password-protect your laptop, tablet and smart phone so that, if lost or stolen, your data will be harder for strangers to access.

Insist on secure transactions

Software Paradise Online ShopAvoid online shops that do not provide SSL encryption – the standard in secure transactions. This shows up in several ways. You should be able to see “https” in front of the web address instead of http. There may also be a lock or key symbol in the browser window. Using SSL encrypts the exchange of information, such as your credit card details, so eavesdroppers cannot read it.

After logging onto an online shop, you should not forget to log off as well. Otherwise the cookies remain active and somebody else could use them to resume the shopping trip.

Think twice when using a hot spot

If you need to do any shopping over Wi-Fi, at home or at a hotspot, make sure it is secure (look for the lock symbol in the Wi-Fi connection dialogue). When using Wi-Fi outside your home from your laptop, smart phone or tablet, consider using a virtual private network (VPN).

Stick with familiar faces

Buy from websites that have established a reputation for providing accurate descriptions of merchandise and delivering the goods promptly. The last thing you need is friends and relatives getting damaged or delayed gifts, which could be worse than no gifts at all.

Software Paradise is the easiest and most convenient online shopping experience, providing excellence in choice, value and service. We’ve recently updated our website and online shop to make it even easier for you to compare prices, request live quotes and find everything on your Christmas shopping list.


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Internet Safety: Are you as good a parent online as you are offline?

October 22nd, 2012 by Millie Smith

Research on the quality of Internet safety shows that 18% of children have come across harmful or inappropriate content online, 33% of children said that their parents do not know what they do on the internet

Internet SafetyBeing a parent in the digital era is often a challenge, especially for most of us, who’ve been brought-up in the 20th century when the greatest “hi-tech” threat to the young minds was television. Needless to say in the 21st century the Internet – a wonderful and extremely accessible resource – poses certain hazards to children.

The growth of digital media has revolutionised our children’s lives, providing new entertainment, networking and social opportunities. However, the internet also brings a whole world of concerns, including online abuse, exposure to inappropriate content and cyber bulling. With growing numbers of children having uncontrolled access to the internet, it is becoming increasingly important to ensure that children have safe and positive online experiences.

According to research, carried out by the UK Council for Child Internet Safety in 2011, 18% of children have come across harmful or inappropriate content online, 33% of children said that their parents do not know what they do on the internet, and 31% of 12–15 year olds do not use privacy settings on their social networking profiles.

Educate Yourself to Improve Internet Safety

Whether you are a parent, a teacher or a guardian of a young child or teenager, you need to set limits and make sure that your kid surfs a secure cyber environment. The first step you should take is to educate yourself. Whether you are a tech-savvy parent or still have trouble using the mouse, you should find information about possible cyber threats to you and your family. In order to ensure your family’s Internet safety, you need to get to know what you are dealing with.

Educate Your Child to Improve Internet Safety

The most important step on the way to internet safety is teaching the child how to recognize and avoid potential threats like sexual predators, bullies and scams. Kids are using various devices to access the internet – laptops, tablets, smart phones, and outside home they have countless access points such as internet cafes, friends houses, public hotspots. Let’s face it, you can’t walk next to your child in “cyberspace” so you need to make sure they are ready to walk alone.

  • Tell them why they should not offer any personal information to strangers.
  • Depending on their age, teach them about Internet scams, identity theft, copyright laws, and virus threats from unfamiliar downloads.
  • Educate them about the risks of posting personal information and pictures on social networking sites.
  • Tell them what to do if they view inappropriate material online.
  • Guide them in how to deal with communications from Internet strangers including people in forums, chat rooms, and social networking sites.

Invest in Web Filtering Software to Improve Internet Safety

Family safety software is becoming extremely advanced and an effective way to filter dangerous content. NetNanny is our top choice of traditional parental control with a strong focus on distinguishing between reasonable and inappropriate activities. It does everything you’d expect and goes beyond the competition in real-time per-page content analysis and resistance to attack by budding hackers. NetNanny is a powerful, yet simple to use parental control and Internet safety solution that helps parents protect their children and monitor their Internet use. To find out more about NetNanny, please click here

Another excellent alternative that we recommend is Entensys KinderGate – a stand-alone Internet monitoring tool. KinderGate monitors categories of webpages visited by your child without denying access to any resources and employs a huge database with 500 million websites that is updated on a daily basis. More information about this outstanding tool is available here.

Cyber parenting is easy when you have enough information and feel confident that you can guide your child in an environment that is not always safe. Learn, get involved and be part of your child’s online experience.

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