You may not believe your smart device is of interest to hackers – but it can provide a gateway that breaks your network wide open.
Security
HOW GOOGLE’S SAFE BROWSING HELPED BUILD A MORE SECURE WEB
By Lily Hay Newman 17 Jul 2018 IN THE BEGINNING there was phone phreaking and worms. Then came spam and pop ups. And none of it was good. But in the nascent decades of the internet, digital networks were detached and isolated enough that the average user could mostly...
HOW TO SECURE YOUR ACCOUNTS WITH BETTER TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
By Brian Barrett | 22 Jul 2018 HOPEFULLY BY NOW you’ve heeded the repeated warnings from your friends and loved ones (and friendly, beloved internet writers) to use two-factor authentication to secure your digital accounts. That’s where access to Facebook or Twitter...
GOOGLE CHROME NOW LABELS HTTP SITES AS ‘NOT SECURE’
By Brian Barrett | 24 Jul 2018 NEARLY TWO YEARS ago, Google made a pledge: It would name and shame websites with unencrypted connections, a strategy designed to spur web developers to embrace HTTPS encryption. On Tuesday, it finally is following through. With the...
Protect Your Privacy on Amazon by Changing These Settings
5 Amazon obscure settings you should change now By Kim Komando | The Kim Komando Show The items we buy say a lot about our lifestyles, our finances, and our domestic lives. If you have an Amazon account, the amount of data that the retail giant collects is...
Facebook says the number of users affected by Cambridge Analytica data leak is 87 million
The number of users whose information was improperly shared with research firm Cambridge Analytica was previously estimated by reports to be 50 million. Facebook issued the number in a lengthy post by CTO Mike Schroepfer about its privacy changes, including...
