Phishing is a long-standing social engineering technique used by cybercriminals to trick people into giving up sensitive information such as credit card details and login credentials. It can come in many forms, including telephone phishing, smishing …
If you’re following password best practices — and you are, right? — then you’ve got dozens of extra-long, extra-complex passwords to remember, and you’re using a unique one for each account — no repeats. (And we’ll add a hearty “Good job!” for t…
Cryptocurrency code breached, targeting Bitcoin exchanges
New research from Radboud University, related to the way the self-storage devices (SSDs) encrypt stored data, found that serious vulnerabilities exist in widely used products from popular manufacturers like Samsung and Crucial (Micron Technology). &n…
A quick Google search for “business security products” will produce an unwieldy number of results. How is a company to choose?
You make your home “smarter” which each connected device you add — a smart doorbell, a smart thermostat, a smart television — almost everything comes in a “smart” version these days, even toothbrushes. Device by device, you grow this IoT univers…
Thinking of buying a smart door lock or a thermostat? Good news, consumers! Starting Jan 1, 2020, new internet-connected consumer products such as mobile phones, smart appliances, home alarms, monitors, trackers, and cameras that are sold in Californ…
It’s not uncommon today for a home to be equipped with security gear, home monitoring equipment and other internet enabled IoT devices, like IP cameras and wireless monitors. But the benefits of securing a home through new technologies can also…
Emotet malware becomes more versatile; mass harvests emails
Emotet malware, which is usually identified as a banking trojan, is now becoming more versatile and has created a new means for stealing victims’ emails, going back as far as six months. Th…
In a perfect world, once you set up a Windows password, all is secure and safe, right? Unfortunately, that’s not the case. A Windows login password offers a very basic level of protection that mainly keeps your files safe from others who may share your…