Here are the 25 most commonly used passwords for 2014. If your password is on this list, please understand that these passwords are among the first tried when automated password cracking software is used by a cyber-criminal. So if yours is here, change it now.
Passwords are becoming problematic for several reasons. The first, IMHO, is the use of email addresses as the user ID ...
Continue Reading →Thanks to mint.com for the following infographic. Credit card numbers are like social security numbers, different parts of the number tell a story. A credit card number, to be valid, has to conform to something called the Luhn algorithm. Basically, after doing some crazy math, the result needs to be divisible by 10.
Again with a sign meme from Pinterest. You can find a similar sign at Not Just A Bar in Bayport MN.
The Singularity. Artificial Intelligence. Self-aware, self-actuating, and self-learning robots. What will our future be like when the machines become self-aware? Will it be the like the T-1000 from Terminator? Or more like Johnny 5 from Short Circuit? Or Andrew from Bicentennial Man? Here is a run-down of four different versions of our electronic and digital future.
A recent book by Martin Ford, Rise of Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future, examines a world in the all ...
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If you are in high school (or junior high) or college, attracted to technology, and looking for a career with a future, then you should give serious consideration to the field of Cybersecurity. A recent press release from Cybrary reveals the results of its Cyber Security Job Trends Survey for 2016. Cybrary surveyed 435 senior level technology professionals, and the results indicated a pressing need for more skilled ...
Last week we took an in depth look at social engineering, and looked a phone and email examples in depth.
Cybersecurity awareness training is one of the most effective ways to combat these threats. Not everyone engaged in cybersecurity practice agrees about the effectiveness of this solution, but I have been delivering public cybersecurity courses for over a decade, and I know from the responses ...
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Here’s a provocative statement: If you could just prevent your staff for clicking on links or opening attachments in phishing emails, 95% of your cybersecurity problems would be prevented.
Your phone rings. The caller identifies themselves as someone from a “tech support” company. Your computer has problems, he says, and he called to help you fix them. You agree to pay some sort of fee. You help them set up remote access to your computer. And now you have been hacked and helped them do it.
This should really be called “anti-social” engineering. A good definition is “social engineering is a non-technical method of intrusion hackers use that relies heavily on human interaction and often involves tricking people into breaking normal security procedures. It is one of the greatest threats that organizations today encounter.”