blacklistvsdomainhealth

The Difference between Domain Blacklist vs Domain Health

Team Discovery works with two services with Domain in the name and that sometimes causes a bit of confusion - Domain Blacklists and Domain Health Lookup. Domain Blacklists A Domain Blacklist lookup takes a domain name as the argument and does…
protectyourselfransomware

Protecting Businesses from Ransomware

Ransomware. So hot right now. Seems like everywhere you turn, there’s another story about a new ransomware threat. Unfortunately, this trend in cybercrime is not going away.Now here’s the bright side: As dangerous as ransomware can…
losingemailaddress

Losing an email address when switching broadband provider?

Millions of internet users face costs of up to £60 a year to keep their email address if they switch broadband provider. Others risk losing their account altogether if they switch.BT has announced it is tripling the amount former customers…
dmarc

Getting to know DMARC in Plain English

What is DMARC? We often get a lot of spam emails on our inbox and have you ever notice an email claiming to be from a company and it is obvious it wasn't? This is phishing activity that is the result of domain spoofing from someone trying…
safefromsnooping

Researchers Reveal How to Make Yourself Digitally Invisible to Snoopers Tracking You Online

Most people are under the impression that by being online it is impossible to avoid data snatchers. However, researchers have found that there are ways to cover your digital tracks.These researchers believe that it is important to educate…
rules-digital-etiquette

The Golden Rules of Digital Etiquette

Researchers have created the definitive modern day tech etiquette guide, compiling a list of golden rules, based on a study by BT Mobile and commented on by Oxford University.As technology evolves, new social situations are created and conflict…
trackmenotprotect

TrackMeNot: Add-on to Protect Your Internet Privacy

There's a lightweight browser extension called TrackMeNot for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome that helps protect web searchers from surveillance and data-profiling by search engines.Protecting privacy when surfing the web is becoming…
one-page

New Year, New Web Design: The One-Page Layout

Types of web design tend to go in and out of style, running the risk of your website becoming outdated. However, one web design seems to be here to stay: the single-page website. These super streamlined sites are popular with companies that…
myfanboxscam

The Scourge of myfanbox.com

It is always important to be aware of and take precautions against any spam and phishing activity. Myfanbox.com has recently become notorious for its status as an elaborate scam website, involved in phishing emails. There are many ways it operates…