It seems that everything you can buy comes with a smartphone app and an Internet connection. As cool and shiny and modern as this is, every Internet connected device is one more place for a cyber-attacker or criminal to get onto your network and into your business. There are steps you need to take to protect these cool toys from exploitation.
These devices include security cameras, refrigerators, thermostats, light bulbs and light ...
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Your Internet Service Provider has provided you with a free hardware firewall, but often the firewall features are not enabled by default. This is sort of like having seat belts in your car, but not wearing them. It is foolish and risky.
On Monday we discussed how to find out of there are unnecessary open ports on your Internet router’s firewall settings. Today ...
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For nearly all home computer users, and many small businesses, the router that connects your home or business to the Internet is the first line of defense. How can you know if there are vulnerable security holes or open ports on your Internet router that might allow access for an attacker?
These routers are also called cable modems or DSL modems, ...
Continue Reading →From Pinterest. I know its says Canadian, but this works for my peeps too. Like the time I took my family to California for Christmas. We rented a convertible. Drove with the top down. All the parka clad Californians thought we were bizarre. Hey, it was 50 degrees! Plenty warm enough.
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.The automatic update to WordPress 4.9.3 broke automatic updating, so the emergency update to 4.9.4 means you need to click a button.
There is a new email attachment exploit making the rounds, that uses a file type called a disk image. The file extension for this kind of file is ISO. ISO files are not inherently dangerous, and in the exploit work much the same way that a ZIP attachment works. This file type can sneak past email security filters because it is generally seen as ...
What if cyber-criminals or enemy nations could take over the computer control systems that run electric utilities, water systems, or traffic control systems for traffic lights and commuter trains. The effects could be disastrous.
We have written about these systems before. These are known as SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) or ICS (industrial control systems). One of the claims of the industries that use SCADA systems is that they are ...
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Registering common misspellings of popular website domain names is a big business. A recent study found that 80% of all possible one-character typographical variants of Facebook, Google, and Apple are registered. Registering close misspellings of domain names is know as “typosquatting.”
Security company Sophos recently analysed all the possible one-letter variations of six popular websites, a whopping 2249 unique site names. Of the 2249 possibilities, 67% or 1502 domain names were actually registered. ...
Continue Reading →Since we take an interested in AI and robotics in this blog, the following church sign seemed a good candidate for Sunday Funnies. The most recent articles on the subjects of AI and “machine learning” seem to be saying the threat of AI is overblown, and is no match for the abstract reasoning prowess of human intelligence. This sign brings us a sobering wake up call.
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.01/29/2018 08:27 AM EST Original release date: January 29, 2018
Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week is January ...
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