Linked – Forget data thieves, data sabotage will be your next IT nightmare
Instead of stealing your information, what if I close your bank account? Or change your DMV record to show that your license has been suspended?
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Linked – The Top 10 Usernames and Passwords Hackers Try to Get into Remote Computers
Check the lists and if you have accounts setup to use any of the common usernames or passwords, you might want to go ahead and change that. Like now, before someone starts remotely controlling your computer. Assuming they haven’t already. The Top 10 Usernames and Passwords Hackers Try to Get into Remote Computers
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Linked – WiFi Network Security Experiment
“The best way to keep yourself safe is to use your own Wi-Fi connection, if you’re able to set up a personal hotspot, or to ask employees (such as baristas in a coffee shop) which network is theirs. A free connection that pops up while you’re on the go might just be too good to…
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Linked – 10 creative ways families can use Slack
I’ve heard a lot of good things about Slack, but it’s not one of the tools we use at work, and without other people to collaborate with, trying it out seems a little silly. Maybe some of these will help me convince my wife to try it out with me? Do you use Slack? How…
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Linked – The Perilous Side of the Cloud: Shadow IT and Excess Data
“While the panel advocated eliminating shadow IT, they admitted the efforts involved in doing so could prove daunting. “The average employee is using about 28 cloud services, so when someone leaves that company, how long is it going to take … to shut all that down, and how do you get that data back?” said…
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Tech Startups and Mental Health
It was slightly over a year ago that I wrote about Tackling Depression for IT Workers. A year later, I saw this article –Silicon Valley Suicides: Austen Heinz, Depression And The Pressures of Running a Startup Business So not much has changed in the tech industry in a year. We’re still working ourselves straight into…
