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When you invest in a password manager, you should follow some best practices when setting it up to ensure your information stays secure. Some of the best practices when using a password manager include creating a strong master password, enabling MFA, changing weak passwords, auditing your passwords and setting a short inactivity logout timer. Continue reading to learn more about the best practices when you use a password manager like Keeper.

Receiving a One-Time Password (OTP) code that you didn’t request over text or email could be a sign that someone is trying to log in to one of your online accounts to gain access to your private information. An OTP code is a numeric code used as an additional form of verification to authenticate users before they can log in to their accounts. As the name suggests, this code can only be used once.

Wipers are malware that delete data on a device or make it inaccessible. They can be used for sabotage, to destroy evidence of an attack or simply to make a device unusable. IoT wipers often rewrite important parts of the firmware of an IoT device, rendering that device useless, so they are also known as “brickers”. Recent notorious examples of IoT wipers are AcidRain which was used by a Russian APT to brick satellite modems in Europe at the outset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Today, personal data protection is very important as the amount of information shared by internet users keeps increasing daily; there is also a dire need to secure users' privacy. Hence, the importance of Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) and Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA).

Pyramid schemes are one of the world's most well-known forms of financial fraud. For many years, they have victimized people who trust the promises of quickly making easy and significant profits. The frightening thing about these schemes is that they are built on a "business model" doomed to collapse. It is essential to understand what principles the pyramid operates in to be able to reveal and then avoid involvement in such a scam.