Hint – be careful with your passwords. Fortunately, there are some fundamental things you can to do if you want your passwords to be secure: Change your passwords regularly – at least once a year. Don’t reuse old passwords – you’re going to have to make up a new one every time for every account….
The thing I hate about lists like this is that way too many people will read the list of airports, and assume they can be “protected” by just not using Wi-Fi there. In fact, every public Wi-Fi network has vulnerabilities and should never be trusted. Use a VPN everywhere, whether the airport in question made…
This was only one US law firm that criminals claimed to be able to access: “Q6 Cyber, a cybersecurity firm that specializes in monitoring the dark web, showed CNBC a forum post in Russian where the cybercriminal was offering access to a New York City law firm’s network and files, and was willing to send…
Yet again we see otherwise smart people doing something silly when it comes to computer security. There’s a lot of detail in the article below, but this quote is definitely something everyone should keep in mind: “There is a massive, massive gulf of understanding between otherwise competent professionals and the most basic tenets of computer…
Never, ever. “The most important thing to remember when encountering a browser window displaying a tech-support scam message is to not panic and to never call the phone numbers displayed. When all else fails, the browsers can almost always be unlocked by using the Windows Task Manager (control-alt-delete) or the macOS Force Quit feature (Apple…
Doesn’t sound creepy at all, does it? “The application, first reported by Metro, was published on June 14 and lays out how Facebook might remotely turn on your phone’s mic to start recording. Essentially, Facebook would embed high-pitched audio signals in “broadcast content” (think TV ads) that would be inaudible to humans. But whereas our…