Viz Top Tip… Make identity theft easy by posting a picture of your credit card on Twitter or other social media. (The airbrushing is mine) Quite unbelievably, this young lady posted a picture of her new credit card on Twitter…
It’s sad that, even today, lists like this exist. Unfortunately, security continues to be a major issue for computer users around the world thanks to, not only malware and viruses, but also just plain old lack of understanding by many…
Yesterday Mozilla took the unprecedented step of pulling down a version of Firefox and warning those who had already installed it to stop using the browser. The move came after a rather bad security flaw was found in the software…
Last week I told you that Lookout, the popular security app for Android, was teasing a big announcement for this week. Today their new update began rolling out to users and it came with several new features, but the one…
While the vast majority of Android users will probably never need to worry about malware contaminating their smartphone, it never really hurts to play it safe by installing something like Lookout. If you install non-Google Play Store apps then this…
There is a good chance that you have read about the problem of Matt Honan who was hacked by individuals who used social engineering to do it. One of the things that Matt admitted was he used the same email…
Mat Honan’s story (as covered by Todd in the latest podcast) showed me that the strongest password in the world is worth nothing if it can be reset by a straightforward social engineering-based attack. I’m sure Apple and Amazon will…