American students are not learning how to write computer code, at least not at the rate that is typical in other countries such as India and China. This is extremely bad news for the U.S. economy over the long term; we are not teaching enough computer coders to fill existing jobs, much less future jobs. And more to the point, this is where the ...
Passwords – Is mine strong enough? How do I know? Every time I write a password article I feel as if this subject has already been done to death by me and others. But I always get more positive feedback on this subject than others I consider more interesting, so we offer the following suggestions:
From Pinterest. Really like the last panel. Similar to an older Star Trek post.
At the November meeting of Penguins Unbound, the local Linux Users Group, I was introduced to a group of people from CryptoPartyMN. These guys and gals are serious about anonymity on the web. On of the resources they discussed was a great website called Security in a Box. If you would like to learn how to be more secure in your online communications, this is certainly ...
I am getting posts from the FBI and the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), and received this interesting warning on November 18th of last year. This warning was sent to law enforcement and public officials, but if you have come to the point in your life were you are feeling a bit overexposed on the Internet, these tips can help you too.
For some of us, a few of these suggestions ...
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Happy New Year! This week we are going to investigate ways that we can recover some of our personal privacy and enhance the our security our online lives.
Let’s face it, many of us have been running amok on the Internet, busily sharing all sorts of personal information on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, and who knows where else. Every time we buy something ...
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A drunken man walks into a biker bar, sits down at the bar and orders a drink. Looking around, he sees three men sitting at a corner table.
He gets up, staggers to the table, leans over, looks the biggest, meanest, biker in the face and says: “I went to your grandma’s house today and I saw her in the hallway buck-naked. Man, she is one fine looking woman!”
The biker looks at him and doesn’t ...
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Here at WyzGuys Cybersecurity we are unplugging a bit and taking today off from our usual post. Here’s wishing you and yours a prosperous and happy new year in 2016.
I couldn’t let this post go out without this hilarious video from my friends at Sophos. I don’t mean to offend – but you know who you are!
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Facebook has joined the crowd of major web services that allow you to set up two-factor authentication (2FA or TFA). I just finished setting it up on my account, and I was please to see that it works with Google Authenticator. According to the instructions, it will also work with the Facebook smartphone app for Android or iPhone. Tech Republic has a great step by step tutorial, so I ...
As we approach the new year it is traditional to make our New Year’s Resolutions. Unfortunately, most resolutions are made but not kept, so I am a little reluctant to offer these ideas for improving your cybersecurity in the coming year. But if you have not climbed on the cybersecurity bandwagon yet, you are definitely overdue. Pick a few of these ideas to implement in your business.
Here they are: