Preventing the Next VPN Filter Bot-Net Attack

Back on May 30, 2018 the FBI asked us all to reboot our Internet access devices, the cable and DSL modems that allow most of us to use the Internet.  Supposedly, this would remove the VPN Filter malware, if our router was infected.  This was not exactly the truth.  The FBI had taken over the “toknowall” command and control server ...

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Weekend Update

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


Windows 10 security can be bypassed by Settings page weakness

The file type used by Windows 10’s settings page can be used to trick Windows into running files it’s supposed to block.


Here are the 4 best ways to train employees for better cybersecurity

87% of companies experienced ...

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Best Web Browsers for Private or Anonymous Browsing part 2

In our last post we kicked off a review of web browsers and other services that provide improved security, privacy protection, and anonymity when traveling on the web.  Today we wrap up our report.  The last three items in our list are not technically a browser, but provide unique solutions to privacy and anonymity that we thought were worthy of ...

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Happy World Wide Web Day

World Wide Web Day is a global celebration dedicated to web browsing, the online activity that brings the world at your fingertips and a wealth of knowledge at your feet.

The World Wide Web was conceived by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 at the CERN center in Geneva, Switzerland, as a way for him to communicate with co-workers via hyperlinks. A quarter of a century later, WWW has become the main means ...

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Best Web Browsers for Private or Anonymous Browsing part 1

There has been a lot of new information about secure web browsing crossing my desktop lately.  Back in May, we wrote a series of articles about browser hacking and hijacking, which described in depth the dangers to our privacy and anonymity that we face when we are casually web browsing.  In this article we are going to be looking at ...

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Weekend Update

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


Extortion Phish: Your Password is XXXX

One of my IT associates got an email that had one of her actual passwords in it, and threatened to reveal information unless she paid a ransom in Bitcoin.  This seems to be getting a lot of traction, so beware.  Do not pay the extortion demand. First, this is a scam.  They ...

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