Via Natt Garun and Barbara Krasnoff
Currently, the next best way to secure your accounts is two-factor authentication (2FA). This a process that gives web services secondary access to the account owner in order to verify a login attempt.
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Via CISA: Reports of criminals encrypting computer networks and demanding ransom for their release seem to be more and more common. Learn the basics of so-called "ransomware" and how to protect yourself against it with these tips from the U.S....Read more
Via Mark Lindley
Many people reuse passwords across several accounts and don’t take more than a few seconds to come up with them in the first place. That's a formula for trouble.
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Via @AlishaEbrahimji
Seriously. And it's seriously compromising. Comparing the most common passwords of 2020 to those of 2019, there's little to no difference — aka we haven't learned much.
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Via @LindseyOD123
The Better Business Bureau warns of phishing messages with the Zoom logo that tell recipients they have a missed meeting or suspended account.
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Via @LindseyOD123
It's no time to let your guard down: Malicious attachments continue to be a top threat vector in the cybercriminal world, even as public awareness increases and tech companies amp up their defenses.
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Via @EmilyStewartM
If you’ve visited a new website over the past 18 months or so, you’ve probably seen it: a notification informing you the page is using cookies to track you and asking you to agree to let it happen. Wonder why?
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The odds are very good one or more of the passwords you've used at some point during your online life has been compromised.
Passwords are occasionally highjacked en masse when hackers manage to breach security systems put in place to protect online...Read more
Via @matthewhughes
MIT computer scientist Fernando “Corby” Corbató passed away at his home in Newton, Massachusetts. He was 93.
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