A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
Back-to-School Cyber Safety
08/10/2018 08:25 AM EDT
Original release date: August 10, 2018
As summer break ends, many students will return to school with mobile devices, such as smart phones, tablets, and laptops. Although these devices can help students with their schoolwork and stay in touch with family and friends, there are risks associated with using them. However, there are simple steps that can help keep students stay safe while using their mobile devices and getting online. NCCIC suggests reviewing the following tips and resources for information to keep students cyber safe:
- Keeping Children Safe Online
- Rethink Cyber Safety Rules and the “Tech Talk” with Your Teens
- Building a Digital Defense for School Kids and Cell Phone Safety
- Stop.Think.Connect. Toolkit
- Stay Safe Online
- Concerned Parent’s Internet Safety Toolbox
Top 5 things to know about FIDO
As we have said before, the password by itself is basically useless. FIDO is the pathway to nixing passwords. Tom Merritt explains why, because of the FIDO project, this dream is not only possible but getting closer. Authentication that can’t be stolen from someone else’s web server!
Death to Robocalls? Your Google phone will soon screen nuisance calls
Google is reportedly adding a new feature to its phone app that will breathe a sigh of relief to beleaguered phone users everywhere: Built-in screening for nuisance callers.
What sensitive data is lurking on your old SD card?
SD cards – those tiny devices that go into your camera or tablet – may be small, but they can hold a lot of revealing information. Proper data erasure is important.
Work At Home Scam Gone Bad – Woman scams scammer, incriminates self in the process
“This is SO NOT my ripped-off laptop,” the scammer must have thought when the scammer-scammer sent a package of magazines instead.
Top 5: Ways to protect your privacy
Laws like Europe’s GDPR are trying to give the user more control, but you can take matters into your own hands.
Google bans Android miners from Play Store
Google has cracked down on apps that mine for cryptocurrency, banning them entirely from its official Google Play Store
Share
AUG
About the Author:
I am a cybersecurity and IT instructor, cybersecurity analyst, pen-tester, trainer, and speaker. I am an owner of the WyzCo Group Inc. In addition to consulting on security products and services, I also conduct security audits, compliance audits, vulnerability assessments and penetration tests. I also teach Cybersecurity Awareness Training classes. I work as an information technology and cybersecurity instructor for several training and certification organizations. I have worked in corporate, military, government, and workforce development training environments I am a frequent speaker at professional conferences such as the Minnesota Bloggers Conference, Secure360 Security Conference in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, the (ISC)2 World Congress 2016, and the ISSA International Conference 2017, and many local community organizations, including Chambers of Commerce, SCORE, and several school districts. I have been blogging on cybersecurity since 2006 at http://wyzguyscybersecurity.com