Love this road sign, from Pinterest.
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Seriously, don’t try this at home. It is a spoof! Drilling into your iPhone means you get to buy a new iPhone. This process in no way gets you a headphone jack, just a hole.
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From the Department of Homeland Security website: “October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month which is an annual campaign to raise awareness about cybersecurity. We live in a world that is more connected than ever before. The Internet touches almost all aspects of everyone’s daily life, whether we realize it or not. National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) is designed to engage and educate public and private sector partners through events ...
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You don’t need to be a journalist, freedom fighter, or living under an oppressive political regime to have the desire for some online privacy. Maybe you are trying to put the contents of your life back into the Pandora’s box you opened when you signed up on Facebook. Maybe you would like a little privacy in your online life.
Linux Tails is ...
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Until recently most cybersecurity efforts focused on prevention, and this created the anti-malware software, firewall and perimeter defense industries. But the fact of the matter is that cyber-attackers are going fly right past your perimeter defense and get into your network via port 80 or 110, firewall ports that are open on every network for email and web browsing. our recommendation is to start managing the consequences of the inevitable security breach. ...
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As we add more mobile and portable devices to our digital collection, cybersecurity for mobile devices becomes more important. Smartphones, tablets, wearable tech, and ultra-portable laptops are certainly convenient and easy to carry, but that makes them easy for a thief to carry off. When these devices are stolen, you lose much more than the hardware. Every bit of information on the device is up for grabs too, from contact lists, personal information, ...
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Another funny sign from Pinterest. This has special meaning to Americans as we approach the upcoming Presidential Elections. By the way, Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for President would be a better way to squander your vote this year rather than wasting it on either of the major party candidates. Just saying….you are going to be wasting that vote anyway, how about we try something new? The Republican party was a minor party right up to the point ...
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The National Institute for Standards and Technology is working on new password guidelines which will be mandated for government sector users, and strongly recommended for businesses as well. Still in draft from, the standards can be found on the document Special Publication 800-63-3: Digital Authentication Guidelines. Here are some of the recommended changes, so far. We approve, and in many cases have ...
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Another out of cycle post, this one directed to anyone who is running balloting operations for the upcoming elections. I make jokes all the time about our next president being elected by the Russian Cyber Army, the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Unit 61398, the ISIS Cyber Caliphate, or the Syrian Electronic Army. But this is ...
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A recent article from Naked Security said that people ignore legitimate security warnings on their computer a whopping 87% of the time. But on the flip side, I know from experience that a good percentage of people will fall for a pop-up of the fake tech support variety all too often. What is going on here?
What seems to be the consensus is that people are overwhelmed by the number ...
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