Is it really that hard to keep from making a security idiot of yourself? When I hear people worrying about cloud security, they’re usually shaking in their boots about some obscure bug beyond their control. Ha! Ordinary, stupid human mistakes are more than bad enough. For example, Accenture left hundreds of gigabytes of private user…
Facebook denies listening to your conversations to target advertising. But denial wording seems odd. Credit: U.S. Navy, via Celestial Images [public domain] Is Facebook listening to every word you say? Zuck’s crew says it won’t use your speech to target advertising or reorder your feed, but it’s still unclear what it does use the microphone…
Everyone Needs a Password Manager This year, World Password Day falls on Star Wars Day. May the fourth be with you! Celebrate by changing all your simple passwords to strong ones, with different ones for every secure site. If that doesn’t sound like fun, consider getting some help. First, install a password manager. Second, get…
As ransomware increasingly targets healthcare organizations, schools and government agencies, security experts offer advice to help IT leaders prepare and protect. Biometrics and Fingerprint Scan Security Technology Concept Nigerian princes are no longer the only menaces lurking in an employee’s inbox. For healthcare organizations, schools, government agencies and many businesses, ransomware attacks—an especially sinister type…
Source: PC Mag – Michael Muchmore After last year’s big splashes with Windows 10 and HoloLens, this year’s Microsoft Build was more incremental. Though Microsoft didn’t release or announce a new version of Windows at the event, or even any new hardware, it did give us a look at what’s coming up in the…
How to Get Google Maps to Stop Following You Where you go, Google goes. If you have location services turned on, then Google Maps has keeps track of every step you (and your smartphone) take. Your Google Timeline, introduced last year, can be a true walk down memory lane, but it can also lead straight…
Source: Computerworld Malware researchers have released a tool that can decrypt files affected by the new threat Understanding how to buy bitcoins and pay ransomware authors for decryption keys is hard enough, yet some cybercriminals now expect their victims to do it in under an hour if they want all of their files back. A…
Source: Computerworld OPINION BY AL KUEBLER Not every organization has moved its IT operations to the cloud, nor should we expect that to be the case. There are legitimate reasons to adhere to the on-premises IT approach, not the least of which is the fact that it assures that your IT infrastructure and all the…
BY MICHELLE V. RAFTER Source: PC Mag Pierre Tremblay can’t undo April 29, 2015, the day someone on his human resources (HR) team accidentally sent a “You didn’t get the job” email to about 110 job applicants—including people the company wanted to hire. He can make sure it never happens again. Like that misdirected email,…
The banking trojan — a type of malware used to steal credentials for bank accounts — has been a staple of cyberthieves for years. However, ransomware, which has proven both easy to use and highly successful, has started eroding its popularity. In a typical banking trojan attack, a robber mounts a phishing campaign to entice…