You might have heard of the incident that shadowed the beginning of the year for Yahoo. If you visited Yahoo during December 6th, 2013 and January 3rd, 2014 then it is best that you read on this article until the end. An estimated 2.5 million Yahoo users were likely infected with malicious software, after hackers hijacked some […]
You surely know of my free eBook “Improve Your Security” available here. I started to publish there a series of IT Security myths which will make you say “Oh, SHIT!!!” Here they are: http://improve-your-security.org/category/myths/ These are the first three: Most victims of malware often think, “This can never happen to me. Our network is secure, […]
A company doesn’t exist anymore if it is not present on at least a few social media platforms. Depending on the area they are active, they could go for average consumer or for highly skilled professionals. In order to address their customers, they need to use one or another social media platform. However, the tendency […]
This is the second post on how to protect yourself, following the one about how to “Protect yourself and all your devices against ads for FREE“. Tracking via cookies The idea behind tracking is actually a good one. Imagine that you search on Amazon for “hard drive 500 gb”. This website drops a cookie in […]
There is a lot of money being spent in the IT industry on analytics and on detailed information on users and their behavior online. There is nothing wrong in wanting to know who your users are and what they want in order to serve them better and with less hassle for them. But, the border […]
Originally published here: http://grahamcluley.com/2013/12/three-key-security-threats/ 1. Security breaches and hacks 2013 was the year that major security breaches and hacks really took hold. Millions of credentials were stolen from the likes of Twitter, Tumblr,Yahoo, Adobe and many others. Whenever data breaches like this occur, targeted attacks against the users of such wesbites can quickly follow. The targeted attacks usually consist […]
It is usually said that those who are behind a hardware router are protected from any danger. This is true in regard to the connections that come from outside but it is not true for the dangers which come from inside the local network. We must not forget that most of threats are landing on […]
Quite a lot of people take now their netbook or smartphone with them when travelling. Because of this, almost every quarter of the year we read stories about sensitive personal data was lost because some laptop or USB stick got stolen. Moreover, with the rise of the mobile devices like smartphones, tablets and pads, anyone […]
Finally, I managed to create a Facebook page for the book: www.facebook.com/ImproveYourSec Why “Sec” and not “Security” ? Well, I don’t know… Facebook appears to block anything which contains the word “security” in it. Hey, Facebook, are you afraid of some competition? from Improve Your SecurityImprove Your Security http://improve-your-security.org/2013/12/20/facebook-page/ via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
Apple published an update to their latest OS X, Mavericks v10.9, which is recommended for all OS X users. It improves the stability, compatibility, and security and includes: Improved support for Gmail in OS X Mail, and fixes for users with custom Gmail settings Improves the reliability of Smart Mailboxes and search in Mail Fixes an issue […]
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