The Tip This holiday season, many of us will be buying or receiving gifts that are ’Smart’ and will be internet connected and a part of the Internet of Things (IoT). Whether it’s a television or a personal assistant, fitness…
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Don’t rely on the giants
The Tip Some of the big players in tech these days don’t want you to think about security all, it should be as easy as breathing. Although this is a nice utopian vision that we would all like to see…
2018 Top Ten Tips
The Tip As 2018 is nearly in the books, we thought we’d do a little googling for the top cybersecurity tips. There are a LOT of lists to be found out there, but the top 10 seem pretty consistant everywhere.…
Anatomy of a Phish
The Tip This week will be a little different. Last week, as many of you know by now, we sent a simulated phish test out to the portion of our community that is support staff and full-time faculty. This was…
Does it have to be all so technical?
The Tip Strong security isn’t just about complicated rules around passwords and anti-virus software and malware and managing access. Many important habits for safeguarding your important personal and work information build down to common sense and physical security and generally…
What To Do When Breached
The Tip The odds are really against us when it comes to data/account breaches. It’s not really a question of if, so much as a question of when. How would we know that our account has been breached and what…
Passwords Matter
The Tip Passwords are our first line of defence in cybersecurity. So why do so many of us have bad password habits? Who knows. It just seems to be human nature. Readily available hacker scripts can guess most bad passwords…
Your data is valuable!
The Tip Everything from personal information, personal photos, work correspondence, to your banking information and social media activity is valuable. If it’s valuable to you, it’s valuable to cybercriminals. In fact, some of it is valuable to cybercriminals without you…
Smartphone Smarts
The Tip As the smartphone market has matured and become a part of everyday life for most of us, the proliferation of bad actors in the app market has kept pace. The Detail We’ve all come to depend on apps…
Our internet; Our cyber security
The Tip Cybersecurity month, week one. The internet is something we all share, and we all share a responsibility for keeping it safe. Thankfully there are simple ways we can all contribute to our collective Human Firewall. The Detail Get…
Summer is Over
The Tip Well, it was a nice summer break from blogging Cybersecurity, but the new school year is well underway and it’s time to start thinking Cybersecurity again. This week is not so much a tip as it is a greeting and…
Summer Vacation
Just a quick note to let you know that the Cybersecurity blog will be taking a summer break. We hope to be publishing again sometime in the fall of 2018.
- YouTube is reading text in users’ videos December 14, 2018Google keeps tabs on much of your activity. Now, it turns out that its YouTube service is also reading what’s in your videos too.
- Facebook has filed patents to predict our future locations December 14, 2018One such use would be to pre-stuff our devices with ads and other content before we wander into a Wi-Fi dead zone.
- Kanye West tops the charts for year’s worst password pratfall December 14, 2018Kanye, please keep your "all zeroes! all the time!" password away from the media. And Nutella? No, "Nutella" is NOT a good password.
- Update now! WordPress 5.0.1 release fixes seven flaws December 14, 2018Don't delay, update your Wordpress website today.
- Border agents are copying travelers’ data, leaving it on USB drives December 13, 2018It's just one of many SOP SNAFUs of a pilot program for advanced searches of travelers' devices that doesn't even have performance metrics.
- Supermicro: We told you the tampering claims were false December 13, 2018Computer manufacturer Supermicro is still trying to lay to rest reports that the Chinese government tempered with its equipment to spy on Western cloud users.
- WordPress worms, Android fraud and Flash fails [PODCAST] December 13, 2018Here's the latest Naked Security podcast - enjoy!
- Update now! Microsoft and Adobe’s December 2018 Patch Tuesday is here December 13, 2018If you find patching security flaws strangely satisfying, you’re in luck - Microsoft’s and Adobe’s December Patch Tuesdays have arrived with plenty for the dedicated updater to get stuck into.
- Samsung fixes flaws that could have let attackers hijack your account December 12, 2018Flaws in the mobile site were leaving users vulnerable to attackers who could have reset their user passwords and hijacked their accounts.
- Google+ to power down early after second security hole found December 12, 2018Google has disclosed the second security hole in its Google+ social network in three months.
- AV18-158: Cisco Security Updates September 27, 2018
- AV18-157: Apple Security Updates September 25, 2018
- AV18-156: Cisco Security Advisory September 21, 2018
- AV18-155: Google Chrome Security Update September 21, 2018
- AV18-154: ICS Security Advisory for BIND September 21, 2018
- AV18-153: Adobe Security Bulletins September 20, 2018
- AV18-152: Cisco Security Updates September 20, 2018
- AV18-151: NUUO NVRMini2 Security Update September 18, 2018
- AV18-150: Apple Security Updates September 18, 2018
- AV18-149: Microsoft Security Updates September 12, 2018
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