Is It Really as Bad as It Seems? Alright, internet, let’s take a collective deep breath. Headlines are clamoring about an astonishing 16 billion login credentials that have reportedly surfaced in a massive data compilation. Your immediate thought might be, “Oh no, the digital sky is falling!” But hold on for a second. While this […]
The password policies required by some institutions, for well over a decade, may be unsuitable for protecting security. According to the Wall Street Journal, “The man who wrote the book on password management has a confession to make: He blew it.” His opinions quickly became the industry standard, however, Mr. Burr stated, “Much of what […]
With the proliferation of personal information available on the Internet, your secret questions could be failing you. For one, there are a multitude of websites housing large databases of your historical information. BeenVerified is only one of many websites whose focus is collecting and publishing, for profit, information about you collected and consolidated from a […]
Whether you receive a link via email, SMS, iMessage, Facebook Messenger, or any other communication method, click at the risk to you and others. Even the best IT security teams cannot protect you or the company when an erroneous link is clicked, or worse additional information is submitted on any ensuing webpage. While the victims […]
The FTC bans their first cellphone spyware company, SpyFone (a.k.a. SpyPhone), from “operating, promoting, selling, or advertising” its software and services as stated in the following article on TechCrunch, FTC bans spyware maker SpyFone, and orders it to notify hacked victims. Be cautious when adding spyware on your children’s or significant other’s cellphone. There are […]