The answer to this question is complicated, but not impossible to understand. The first thing to know is that most passwords are not cracked by guessing, or trying thousands of possibilities one at a time on a typical login screen. Most systems will lock the account after a certain small number of failed attempts, like 5 or 6. This makes the kind of password ...
We have Black Friday coming at the end of this week, and Cyber Monday next week. A lot of money will be changing hands between now and Christmas. We want to make sure that you are not a victim of some cyber-criminal’s Merry Christmas purchases with your money. A safe and secure shopping experience both online and in person can be yours if you follow some simple tips:
Here are some Christmas Gift ideas for the the nerd in your life. The light switch at $5 is pretty sweet as a stocking stuffer.
Or how about this cool Light Saber Umbrella?
Or the Death Star Fire Pit
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As we approach year-end, many small and medium sized business owners and managers are coming to the realization that their best intentions for creating a cybersecurity program in their organization have fallen short. This was the year, you promised yourself, that we get a handle on computer and network security.
Well it is not too late to get a start, and here is a ...
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The Mirai and Bashlight botnets have caused quite a stir in the cybersecurity and IT realms. The easy ability to round up and deploy millions of devices in a botnet using automated tools has raised the bar. How we respond to DDoS attacks will have to change.
Nevertheless, you can remove your IoT devices from the bot-net and keep them from being reacquired. Here are some easy solutions:
First, as clever as these ...
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Naked Security recently reported on a new ransomware exploit that looks like the infamous Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). The tactic this time is to trick you into calling a toll-free number for “support.” This is another variation of the “Fake Tech Support” scam that we have written about numerous times.
The lock screen feature is similar ...
Continue Reading →So what is this guy doing wrong? His stance has Darwin Awards written all over it. May not kill him, but will definitely take him out of the gene pool.
As a chainsaw owner who has a nifty chainsaw scar below my left knee, I have come to appreciate the importance chainsaw safety and proper usage.
I was tempted to post this article late in October, when Brian Krebs suffered with the DDoS attack on his website, or when the Mirai botnet attack on DynDNS was in full swing, but decided to wait it out until after the election, in case it turns out that the Dyn attack was a precursor to an attack to disrupt the elections. And as of today, it appears that it was ...
Naked Security recently reported on the raid on a call center outside of Mumbai India that was engaged in defrauding US taxpayers of over $15 million dollars by pretending to be IRS collection agents. 70 people were arrested and over 600 call center operators remain under investigation. While this is good news, this scam was very successful and is likely to pop up again. We are reporting on it ...
I don’t like to get political in this web log, but since the mainstream parties have given us what is possibly the worst two choices in Presidential candidates since the Revolution, may I suggest voting Libertarian? You can check out their platform from the link.