Smartphones have made staying connected easier but hackers are also finding it easier to get your information. A new scam is going around through gmail accounts.
The folks over Texas Tech IT department have seen this scam and have a good idea how this scam works. The hackers are sending you emails through someone you know. They are sending attachments like a picture. Hoping you would click on the image sending the user to a fake Google log-in page. Once the user signs in they have been hacked.
“One of the things to remember people in West Texas are trusting souls…” says Sam Segran, Texas Tech University Chief Information Officer, “and generally those are targets people who just think it’s coming form a friend.”
But there are ways you can protect yourself from these new hacks. Regularly updating all of your systems, including apps. Making sure “http’s” are on appearing at the far left of the address bar, in front of your web link. Adding an enable, a two-part log-in, on your accounts. This makes it harder for hackers to break-in to your system. And always be mindful when using a public Wi-Fi.
Cutting the Cable
There are many cable providers out there. Many companies now providing bundle deals with cell phone plans, internet, or all three together. But with the more plans comes the higher price and that is leading to more people going back to the rabbit ears.
James Duncan a man that loves his TV, had DISH Network, before he cut the cable. Duncan still gets 53 channels only now they are coming through an antenna on his roof.
Duncan isn’t the only one saying good-bye to the cable company. Dax Barney owner of Mr. Antenna says, “there has been a pretty big increase in people using TV antennas.”
Sales for TV antennas are projected to grow by 93 percent this year, in 2014 there was about 6.1 million TV antennas sold.
Barney says “it doesn’t make much sense, to pay for what you get for free” and James Duncan agrees.
