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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

UL Pushes Security Standards For The Internet Of Broken Things

from the internet-of-very-broken-things dept

If you hadn’t noticed yet, the internet of things is a security and privacy shit show. Millions of poorly-secured internet-connected devices are now being sold annually, introducing massive new attack vectors and vulnerabilities into home and business networks nationwide. Thanks to IOT companies and ...

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Russia, Russian Internet, Tax Refund Fraud, tax scam, W-2 theft

Experience, Certifications, or Degrees – What Matters Most? Part 3

We live in a society that places an unwarranted importance on college education. If you are in a STEM education track, a college degree may be worthwhile. If you are in Business Administration, probably less so. The world is awash in business administration and MBA candidates who can’t find jobs in their field, and are working in sales, retail, and food service jobs instead. If you are looking to Liberal ...

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Experience, Certifications, or Degrees – What Matters Most? Part 2

If you are looking for that first job in IT, you can expect to begin on a telephone (remote) support help desk, or in desk side (in person) support, or in a hardware repair facility. If you are coming to your first job with certifications or degrees, but little or no experience, this will be where your career will start. Even if you have a BS in IT and an ...

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Experience, Certifications, or Degrees – What Matters Most? Part 1

Are you looking to break into a career in Information Technology or Cybersecurity? I have been working as an instructor in this field for several years, and I have trained many people, and helped them study for professional certifications so they could do just that.

There is a huge demand for IT and cybersecurity workers, and many job openings go unfilled for long periods of time. But getting in the door ...

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cybersecurity, education, training

Sunday Funnies – Hey Mr Tambourine Man

Saw this on Facebook

And also by Bob

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Mac users targeted by Lazarus ‘fileless’ Trojan

The Lazarus hacking group are trying to sneak a ‘fileless’ Trojan on to Apple computers, disguised as a fake cryptocurrency trading program.

[Heads-Up] In Just 3 Months, Google Alerted 12,000 People About Phishing Attacks by Nation-States

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) delivered thousands of alerts of ...

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Apple, artificial intellegence, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Phishing, Weekend Update

cable TV, containerization, quantum computing, robocalls

How to Remain Anonymous and Safe Online With a VPN

Today we feature a post by TOP VPN SERVICE

How often are you online or to be more precise, how many hours a day do you surf the net? With the amount of hours you spend on the internet in a day, how protected are you? Did you know that while you’re looking up ways to bake a cake and follow ...

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Vigilance – How to Monitor Your Online Security

There is only one person that you can rely on to keep you protected in your online life – and that person is YOU! Because the bad actors on the network target people more frequently than machines, this means that we more likely to be the first point of contact in an exploit. We are ultimately responsible for keeping our online life ...

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account hijacking, authentication, cybersecurity, Identity Theft, passwords

credit bureaus, credit cards, credit freeze, credit report

Most Popular Passwords and PINs for 2019

If you are using one of these passwords or PINs to “secure” your computer, smartphone, or online accounts you are in danger of having your digital life cracked and compromised. The passwords have been cracked, are on sale on the Dark Web, and will be the FIRST passwords tried by an attacker. If you are using one of these, please change it ...