Weekend Update

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

20 Worst Passwords of 2017

Nearly identical to last year’s list.  Some people never learn.  If you are using any of these passwords, please change them now!

Announcing the Free Cyber Security for Beginners Course

Build your online security skills for free with this practical course from Heimdal Security.

Microsoft Word slams the ...

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JAN
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Apple, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, smartphones, social engineering, Software vulnerability, Weekend Update

Jail Time for Executives Who Fail To Report A Breach?

Since Equifax leaked credit and identity information on ALL of us last year, I have been in a foul mood about the clueless and technically inept C-level corporate executives who are responsible for these breaches.  Throw the bums in jail!

Well, a law working its way through Congress may do just that.  For the first time executives may be facing not just ritual termination, and shaming in the press, but actual ...

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5
JAN
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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, law and policy, News and politics

Privileged Accounts Are Poorly Managed

Privileged accounts, typically administrator accounts, are the all powerful user accounts who can do anything on a computer, server, network, or domain.  These are the top targets for cyber-criminals and other malicious hackers.  And they generally are poorly managed.  Here are some common mistakes we see when conduction security reviews for clients.

  • Domain, Network, and Server Administrators – These accounts are often used ...
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3
JAN
0

authentication, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, passwords, Security

Sunday Funnies – New Words for a New Year

Want to sound smarter?  Try slipping these words into a casual conversation.  From Mental Floss by way of Smithsonian.

From the first person you greet in the morning to that earthy smell that permeates the air after it rains, the English language is full of very specific words. Here are 10 of them.

1. PETRICHOR

You know how it smells after it rains? That clean, greenish smell when rain lands on dry ground? That’s petrichor, from the Greek petra (stone) and ichor (the blood of Greek ...

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DEC
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Sunday Funnies

Weekend Update

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

 Made a Fortune in BitCoin?  Be careful who you tell.

From Naked Security – Crypto Coins Robbed at Gunpoint.

Good old fashioned stick-ups still a possibility.

Watch out – fake support scams are alive and well this Christmas

Fake support scams – where the crooks help you “remove” malware you don’t have – are still a ...

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30
DEC
0

cybersecurity, Security, smartphones, social engineering, surveillance, Weekend Update

Blocking Is Not Just For Football-Part 2

On Wednesday we looked at IP blocking and geo-blocking as cybersecurity tactics.  Today we finish our review of blocking techniques with sender blocking and domain blocking.

Sender Blocking

Many of us are familiar with sender blocking.  Blocking an email sender, and adding them to our sender blacklist, is one of the ways that spam and phishing email filtering works.  Modern spam filters also analyze content and ...

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29
DEC
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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Security

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Blocking Is Not Just For Football

Blocking is used in football to prevent the opposing defense from tackling your quarterback or running back.  In cybersecurity, blocking can be used to prevent attacks from malicious sources.  Today  and Friday we will look at several blocking tactics:  IP blocking, geo-blocking, sender blocking, and domain blocking.

IP Blocking

Every time your computer connects to another computer or web server, there is an exchange of information that happens, including an exchange of ...

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27
DEC
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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Security, TOR

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Beginning of the End for Anonymous Crypto-Currency?

One of the major attractions of Bitcoin, Etherium, Monero and other crypto-currencies has been the ability to keep your transactions anonymous, away from the prying eyes of governments, law enforcement agencies, and anyone else.  A recent ruling in a federal district court in California will change that.

The court ordered popular crypto-currency exchange and wallet service Coinbase to turn over records on more than 14,000 customers to the IRS.  This came after a year long legal fight which removed the majority ...

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26
DEC
0

Computers and Internet, encryption, law and policy

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Merry Christmas

Ho ho ho!  Merry Christmas!

We are taking a break from our publishing schedule to celebrate Christmas with our family and friends.

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25
DEC
0

artificial intellegence, cybersecurity, Entertainment, Internet of Things

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