Your Wi-Fi name could be the key to your home address
Stalkers and scammers are using Wi-Fi to track their victims’ locations
September 12, 2019. Mobile phones can put their owners at risk without them being aware of that. The device is looking for trusted Wi-Fi networks by always sending ‘joining requests’. Once it gets closer to a familiar router, it catches the Wi-Fi signal and the internet turns on. Even if this may be convenient, by sending ‘joining requests,’ a smartphone provides a lot of information about their owners and their home network.
“The Wi-Fi signal of a mobile phone can reveal a lot of information. It indicates the internet spots to which the owner has ever connected the phone. If hackers find out the name of your home router, they can track its location,” says Daniel Markuson, the digital privacy expert at NordVPN.
Unfortunately, fraudsters can collect this information easily. There are many apps that are able to gather information about all the nearby Wi-Fis. Then, public websites, such as Wigle.net, gather the data and create heatmaps of Wi-Fi hotspots, which can identify the mobile phone owner’s home address just by knowing the router's name. In this way, Wi-Fi scanning can put mobile phone owners at various risks, without them being aware of that.
Fraudsters do not need superior technical knowledge to track your home address knowing your Wi-Fi name. "Experienced hackers may be able to reveal even more information. With the help of social engineering programs, hackers can find the names of the Wi-Fi routers. Then, they can trick people around by sending an email and pretending to be their internet service provider. They ask users to confirm their connection details,” says Daniel Markuson, the digital privacy expert at NordVPN. These details usually include various personal information such as phone number, bank account information, and other sensitive data.
Moreover, knowing someone’s Wi-Fi name, hackers can create fake public networks. They use their own router to spread the Wi-Fi signal. The name of this internet router is identical to the one in someone’s office or even public the one on the street. When people mistakenly connect to the fake Wi-Fi spots, their private information, such as bank account details, e-mails, and passwords, gets hacked.
“Having necessary Wi-Fi information, hackers can create an access point with the same name as an actual internet spot. After the user connects to the fake Wi-Fi, the hacker then can steal all the sensitive information that has been entered online,” explains Daniel Markuson, the digital privacy expert at NordVPN.
Another technique to hack a device is sending malware to a mobile phone. In this scenario, hackers send fake notifications of a system upgrade. Mobile users press the notification, and the malware is installed on their phones. By using this technique, scammers can collect sensitive data, including photos, videos, social media logins, and other private information.
The good news is that it is possible to stop your mobile phone from Wi-Fi scanning. Daniel Markuson, the digital privacy expert at NordVPN, gives advice on how to best avoid falling into the trap: “The easiest way to avoid this threat is to adjust your mobile phone settings. Both Android and iOS users can configure their Wi-Fi scanning preferences by editing their settings. They can be found on the phone’s advanced WI-Fi settings. To switch off the function, make sure “scanning always available” bottom is off. Besides that, you can turn off your router's name broadcasting.”
Besides that, knowing that fake public hotspots exist may reduce the chances of getting hacked. “If you see two identical Wi-Fi spots in a café or a store, report it to the staff. Likewise, tell your manager if you see a fake internet spot at work. Overall, it is always important to investigate the situation if another identical Wi-Fi suddenly appears in the same place,” finishes Daniel Markuson, the digital privacy expert at NordVPN.
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With a supercharged Dodge Charger and armed with a traditional voice built for country music blazing onto the Nashville scene in the early 1980's, he went on to become one of Billboards top selling solo artists of that time. Racking up four No. 1 songs, 8 top ten songs, 3 top ten albums and 1 No.1 album. He has starred in many hit TV shows including Tyler Perry's "The Haves and the Have Nots," "Smallville," The Dukes of Hazzard (as Bo Duke), and most recently, he did very well on "Dancing with the Stars." A little over one year ago he launched a new adventure turning the page and making music his number 1 priority again. This is a look at John Schneider and his recent song "Too Close for Comfort," (AKA "Poets & Ramblers"), a duet with Heidi Newfield of Trick Pony.
In his early days John Schneider walked with legendary "Poets and Ramblers" of the Golden Age of County Music, including Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and so many more. How did "Too Close for Comfort" became part of John's music? He explains: "We were at Country Radio Seminars (CRS) in Nashville being interviewed about "The Odyssey Project" and I happened to ask Jessi Maness, who was interviewing me, if she had any songs that she'd like me to hear. Like any really good songwriter in Nashville, she did, and handed me a CD. Now I don't know that a single was ever birthed this way out of CRS and I am very proud that this one came about this way. I put her CD in my backpack and went back to Louisiana. Somehow (I probably had 50 CD's in that backpack) hers got put in the trash. I have an odd kind of memory because when I was taking the trash out I saw a few CD's on the top. One of them was hers and I remembered that I hadn't heard it yet because I recognized the handwriting on the label. Well... I washed the CD off in the sink and dried it on my shirt and headed to the dumpster. On the way to the dumpster I stopped at the truck and put the CD in. When "Too Close For Comfort" came through the speakers I knew it was a hit. I did have one request for Luke Maness, Jessi Rae Maness, Billy Phillips, Jonathan Singleton and that was that they extend the bridge so that whoever I got to sing the female part of the duet with me would have equal say in this great story about life. They did just that and wrote a fantastic extended bridge that Heidi Newfield sang perfectly. Now I know how Kenny Rogers felt when he stepped in front of a mic with Dottie West to do one of their great duets. What an honor!
Luke Maness explains how this song has lived a life of its own. In 2003 Luke, Billy Phillips and Jessi Rae were a songwriting team all living in Nashville Tennessee. They wrote every Tuesday at 2 pm and in one of those writing sessions, Jessi gave Luke and Billy a title "Too Close for Comfort". Considering themselves renegades Luke and Billy wrote the first verse and chorus and part of the second verse of "Too Close for Comfort." For some reason they stopped and didn't finish the song and the song sat in a notebook and as a rough recording on a computer for over two years. In late 2005 Luke Maness had a songwriting session with one of his former band mates, Jonathan Singleton. Trying to think of something to write about Luke came across the unfinished recording of "Too Close for Comfort." With the OK from Billy and Jessi, Luke took the song to his writing session with Jonathan and they finished the second verse and wrote a bridge.
Then the song was put back away for a couple more years, until January of 2008 when Luke and Jessi were married and rewrote the song as a duet and began performing it in most of their shows. Billy Phillips had Cerebral Palsy and sadly passed away in 2011. In February of 2018 Jessi Rae Maness was interviewing John Schneider and pitched him the song for an album he was recording. A couple of months later John Schneider called Jessi and informed her that he was going to record "Too Close for Comfort" but requested they extend the bridge. Jessi immediately wrote the extended bridge under inspiration and eventually reached Luke, telling him about her conversation with John Schneider. They submitted it to John and he loved it - - and he recorded it two months later.
John Schneider and Heidi Newfield performed "Too Close for Comfort" at the Grand Ole Opry back in February and you can see that video on Schneider's Facebook page. This is how a Song Lives a Life of Its Own.
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Skyworks Global Inc.
Former Investment Banker, Management Consultant and Entrepreneur brings decades of experience to Skyworks
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, U.S.A., September 9, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Skyworks Global Inc. (“Skyworks”), the global leader in gyronautics, announced that Craig Heyward, a technology investor and former investment banker and management consultant, will join its Strategic Board of Advisors. In that role, he will provide financial market guidance to facilitate Skyworks’ development and delivery of several new aircraft such as the Hawk 5, for which Skyworks recently announced a manufacturing agreement with a European Aircraft Producer and the VertiJet™, which Skyworks has partnered with Scaled Composites to develop its Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) jet.
In addition to positions in Investment Banking at Sterne, Agee & Leach, a New York Stock Exchange Member firm for which he was a Board Member and Managing Director and Deutsche Bank Securities, Craig also served as a Management Consultant at Bain & Company in their Milan, Italy office. A highly successful entrepreneur, Craig founded Discrete Wireless, Inc., a high-growth SaaS solution leader in the mobile resource management industry based in Atlanta, GA, where he successfully built that business by acquiring over 6,000 business customers in all 50 states, Canada and Mexico, and then subsequently sold the company in a very successful exit for investors.
“We are grateful and excited to have someone with Craig’s experience join our team at this very important stage of Skyworks’ growth” remarked Steve Stevanovich, Skyworks’ Executive Director. “His knowledge of financial markets as well as his direct experience in what it takes to successfully develop and deploy disruptive technology products and services will be invaluable.”
Craig noted, "I very much look forward to working with the Skyworks team at what is a very exciting time of expansion for the company”.
About Skyworks
Skyworks-Global Inc. is the world leader in gyronautics, the study and design of sustained autorotative flight represented by the company's gyroplane technology. Skyworks has more than 40 patents with several more underway, all obtained in an effort to radically change not only the way gyroplanes are perceived, but also the way they are utilized. From mass personnel transportation, agriculture, and border protection to literally changing the economies of developing nations, Skyworks' goal is to change the paradigm of aerial technology. For more information about the company, its products, and individual members of the Skyworks team, visit www.Skyworks-Global.com.
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Important global research made possible by a generous donation from a long-term survivor of cholangiocarcinoma
With this donation, I want the world to know and be aware of this research through access and connections afforded through this collaboration.”
— Lorraine Twohill, a 3-year survivor of cholangiocarcinoma
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, UNITED STATES, September 10, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA, -- The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation (CCF), a nonprofit organization funding novel research for cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) or bile duct cancer, has partnered with AMMF (UK), TargetCancer Foundation, and The Bili Project, to fund a collaborative research grant named in honor of Lorraine Twohill, a 3-year survivor of cholangiocarcinoma with no evidence of disease.
According to Stacie Lindsey, President and Founder of CCF, “Collaboration has been a core value of the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation since its inception in 2006. It allows us to leverage the best scientific knowledge to find new and innovative treatment options for patients. We are thrilled to join forces with our non-profit partners for the benefit of cholangiocarcinoma patients worldwide.”
The Lorraine Twohill Collaboration Grant was awarded to Meng-Ju Wu, Ph.D. at Massachusetts General Hospital for his study, “Deciphering the Role of the IDH Mutant in the Tumor Immune Microenvironment of Cholangiocarcinoma.”
Lorraine shared that, “With this donation, I want the world to know and be aware of this research through access and connections afforded through this collaboration”.
Cholangiocarcinoma, like many rare cancers, faces a critical research funding shortage. By funding this grant together, these organizations will have a larger impact on the global research community and demonstrate what can happen when organizations with similar goals work together, rather than in competition.
AMMF, Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation, TargetCancer Foundation and The Bili Project have been collaborating partners for almost 10 years. They are committed to funding science that improves the landscape for cholangiocarcinoma patients globally. They have previously collaborated on other projects and grants but the current award is the largest to-date.
About Cholangiocarcinoma
Cholangiocarcinoma, a highly lethal cancer with poor prognosis, arises from the bile ducts in the liver. It is often diagnosed at advanced stages when treatment is only minimally effective, emphasizing the imminent need for novel therapies. There are no effective strategies for prevention, early diagnosis or long-term treatment, indicating a significant unmet medical need.
Although considered rare, with 11,000+ cases a year being diagnosed in the US, cholangiocarcinoma is the second most common primary liver cancer in the world. Both incidence and mortality are increasing thus research into this deadly disease is urgently needed.
Rick Pollock
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Tyler Robinson Foundation soars through
National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
with additional events, brand partnerships and more
LAS VEGAS (Sept. 11, 2019) – On the heels of raising $3.2 million at its sixth annual Rise Up Gala, the Tyler Robinson Foundation (TRF) continues to offer ways to ‘Slay Cancer with Dragons” during National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. This September, TRF offers a full schedule of events, brand partnerships and additional fundraising efforts.
For more information or to learn more about TRF, visit TRF.org and follow TRF on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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About The Tyler Robinson Foundation
The Tyler Robinson Foundation (TRF) helps strengthen families financially and emotionally as they cope with the tragedy of a pediatric cancer diagnosis by providing grants specifically to offset out-of-pocket life expenses. TRF is the nonprofit organization of the Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum selling band Imagine Dragons. TRF meets a critical need in communities across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Each year, one in 285 children are diagnosed with cancer. While many pediatric cancer organizations focus on growing awareness and support for families with the physical and emotional toll of a diagnosis, the huge financial hardship cancer treatment places on families is rarely discussed. More than 85-percent of every dollar TRF raises goes right to families in need. For more information visit TRF.org.
