3. Your computer and/or your browsing is slower than before Even if this is not necessarily a certain sign of a malware infection, it is often the case. If your browsing is also slower,… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1rMttrD via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
2. You have one single password for all or most your online accounts In the last months many services were hacked and email addresses and password hashes (sometimes passwords in plain text) were stolen. This allows hackers to reverse engineer… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1G5jrfZ via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
You see in your account (debit or credit) an amount of money spent that you can’t explain If you see an in your bank account listing an amount which you know you didn’t spend nor authorized, no matter how small… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1toAN0s via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
Today is the October 31st and it is Halloween in the USA and some European countries. What is special for this holiday is that people try to scare other people with horror costumes. Well, I don’t have costumes, but… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1wjEln3 via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
A spam campaign sending emails from an “Auto ImageService” with the subject “Your file has been uploaded” is making its round on the Internet. The content of the email (see below) is very simple and advertises a link to a photo taken with a digital camera (DCIM stands for Digital Camera IMages) which was allegedly uploaded […]
If you want to skip my rant about security and see how to do this, jump to the HOW TO areas below. Why Facebook video autoplay is potentially dangerous? Here are a couple of reasons why I think that autoplaying a video is potentially dangerous: – Facebook videos use on Windows Adobe Flash Player to render. […]
If you google, you will see tips to deactivate plugins and add all kind of things in the config files. In my case, when I upgraded from WordPress 3.8 to 4.0, I started to have this problem. I deactivated the “Hello Dolly” plugin and everything worked perfectly!
October is the Cybersecurity Awareness month. Awareness is the key to help others to not fall for the most scams. Here is a short list with tips to help you not fall prey to the online predators. A lot more like this is available in the free eBook: Improve your Security ### Never open […]
You probably have read on news portals that Dropbox was hacked and that some user accounts were compromised. Here is the alleged list of leaked user information. Dropbox is saying that the data is not valid. Apparently, Dropbox was not hacked. The company is clearly stating this on their blog. Recent news articles claiming that […]
Because of the huge success of IT Security News website (www.itsecuritynews.info) which aggregates many portals with security news, I decided to replicate the same in German. The list of contributors is not yet as long as the one in English, but it will grow in time. Check the new website: IT Sicherheitsnews auf Deutsch: […]
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