“The e-mail saying that your Gmail account may have been compromised conveniently contains a link or button for you to click on to remedy the problem. Slow down and think. According to an Ars Technica story, this is exactly how the breaches of the Democratic National Committee and the personal e-mail breaches of former Secretary…
What about practical security for the non-techy? These five tips will help anyone, regardless of technical know-how, to protect themselves in a hostile online environment. Again, nothing many of you don’t already know, but if you find yourself needing to pass along some advice for the non-technical folks in your life, you could do worse….
“This sort of attack is deeply different than the headline-grabbing DDoS attacks of years past. In 2011, hacker collective Anonymous rose to fame with DDoS attacks that pale in comparison to today’s attack on Dyn. Instead of taking out an individual website for short periods of time, hackers were able to take down a major…
IWF chief Susie Hargreaves said that the org’s analysts had always removed reported images. “But in the past it could be uploaded again, and again,” she said. “This was incredibly frustrating for us and dreadfully sad for those victims. Now our new technology allows us, and any company which uses the Image Hash List, to…
It’s still Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so in today’s post I’m passing on a number of security recommendations for online activity, some that the FBI has been promoting for Internet safety. Never forget that any kind of business or work you do online — including email, shopping, social media sites, and surfing – warrants some level…
If you plan to fly, you’ll have to leave your Note 7 at home. The FAA now states that passengers may not carry the phone “on their person, in carry-on baggage, in checked baggage, or as cargo.” If you manage to get it on a plane, you’ll be forced to power it down immediately. If…