I was looking at the Statcounter website earlier and watch my browser page refresh to show me an advertisement. That’s annoying behavior, but one that, unfortunately, is becoming more and more common on the web when I’m not running an Ad-blocker. What was much more than just annoying, however was what the “advertisement” actually was….
“For example, hacking is much more prevalent now than it was even nine years ago,” he said. “Now, it seems unreasonable to think that a computer connected to the Web is immune from invasion.” As a result, Tor users “cannot reasonably expect” to be safe from hackers, he added. This is a bizarre train of…
As detailed in a series of tweets, someone posing as Mckesson called Verizon Friday morning. Armed with the last four digits of his Social Security number, the attacker was able to change the registered SIM on Mckesson’s account to one they controlled, redirecting all calls and texts. Two factor authorization is a great way to…
There might not be any company that can get security and privacy right
I’ve mentioned a few times how easy it is for your privacy to be breached when using public wifi, especially on airplanes, or using the computer in the hotel business center, etc. Yet, for frequent business travelers, sometimes these things are kind of required. Another concern for those of us who travel for work of…
“Since then Microsoft has gotten increasingly aggressive in getting people to upgrade to Windows 10. It began stealthily downloading the bits required for the upgrade to PCs automatically without telling people. And then this spring Microsoft sprung a trap. When the upgrade app appeared, if someone clicked the X in its dialog box in order…