Just no… “The report says most consumers have a “false sense of security” when using public Wi-Fi. Almost two thirds (65 percent) feel safe when they use public Wi-Fi, and less than a fifth (19 percent) use a VPN.” Let’s put it this way. You might very well sit in a Starbucks or on hotel…
Fooling your cars GPS system into believing you are somewhere else, apparently, has already been done: “In December, CNN confirmed that instead of showing the cars where they really were — cruising along the Moskva River — the GPS suddenly insisted the cars were 20 miles away, at the Vnukovo International Airport.” What’s next? How…
This doesn’t seem to be getting better. “According to this year’s Dell End-User Security Survey, a staggering 72 percent of employees are willing to share sensitive, confidential or regulated company information inappropriately. Those surveyed were not malicious but rather were just trying to do their jobs the best they could.” Clearly, we aren’t doing something right,…
I was hanging around the house last night when I got this text message: Hmm. That seems suspicious, but it’s also kind of intriguing, right? What account is going to be disabled? Shouldn’t I click that link to see what account they’re talking about? Well, I took a few steps to disable installs, and did…
And this is why we stay up to date on security updates, and also a big part of why I use and ad blocker. A new malvertising campaign from the AdGholas hacker group infects victims with ransomware, even if the victim takes no action other than viewing a particular advertisement. The revelation came as part…
Mobile banking is everywhere, and why not? What could be better than depositing a check or paying a bill right from your phone? Heck, even through all of our cross country moves and traveling around the world I’ve done over the past few years, I still bank at the same place I did 15 years…