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
Last week, I waved goodbye to my eldest son as he moved halfway across the world to study for a year. I was so emotional at the airport – I couldn’t talk! After many cups of tea and even more stares in an airport café, I had no more tears left and was finally able […]
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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…