Category: Security

May 07, 2018

Slack Users – Encrypt Your Messages

Slack is a collaboration app that is extremely popular. Microsoft has Teams as a competitor, but I see more people

May 01, 2018

How to Easily Enable a Better Two-Factor Authentication for Gmail

I've written about it before. You should enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for any service that has it available. Google recently

Apr 25, 2018

AV-TEST Names Best Security Apps

Recently, I wrote about which tools were the most effective following a malware infection. AV-TEST has now reported its test

Apr 19, 2018

Microsoft’s Defender Phishing Protection Available for Chrome

Chrome is my default browser of choice. According to Microsoft, the Edge browser protects against 99 percent of phishing attacks

Apr 18, 2018

What to Use After a Malware Attack

Let's face it. No matter what you do, you will not be able to stop ALL malware attacks. So what

Apr 11, 2018

Patch Tuesday Fixes 66 Vulnerabilities

The monthly roll-up from Microsoft fixes 66 security issues. The updates impact a lot of different products such as Microsoft

Mar 29, 2018

20% of VPNs Leaking IP Addresses

Besides creating an encrypted communication channel to protect snooping on your data transmission, VPNs can also be used to mask

Mar 28, 2018

Another Reason to Hate Facebook

Unless you've been sleeping under a rock for the past several weeks, you are well aware of the huge outcry

Mar 27, 2018

Webroot Report – Windows 10 Better than Windows 7

If you are still running Windows 7, you are more likely to be infected with malware than if you were

Mar 26, 2018

So Much for Security – Siri Reveals Hidden Notifications

Everyone should have a lock code for their smartphone to prevent unauthorized access to data. If you are an iPhone

Mar 01, 2018

Free Decryption Tool Available for GandCrab Ransomware

One of the newest forms of ransomware is called GandCrab. GandCrab has some pretty interesting features never before seen in

Feb 28, 2018

1Password Checks Already Pwned Passwords

The latest NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) guidelines state that the password used for authentication should be checked