Seriously – If 123456 Is Your Password, Change It Now!
Given the number of high profile data breaches that occurred in 2016, it’s hard to believe that anyone would still be using obvious or insecure passwords. But that’s is what the latest ...
Identity Thieves Can Now Get Your Fingerprints From Digital Pictures
Improving technology and a social media habit are converging in an unfortunate way that is opening the door for a new kind of hacking. Now, not even your selfies are safe. Here’s ...
Tech Tip #4: How to identify and avoid phishing attempts
After hearing about the many Amazon scam attempts over the holiday season, and with tax season (and the inevitable wave of IRS impersonators ...
FDA Issues Warning On Certain Cardiac Device Security Issues
In 2015, the FDA issued warnings about a pair of infusion pumps – “smart” medical devices that had demonstrated security flaws. It was the first time in history that security researchers demonstrated ...
Upgrade To SSD Drives For Speed Boosts, Other Advantages
The spinning disk hard drive has been the reigning king of storage for almost as long as we’ve had desktop computers. All things end, though, and the HDD’s reign is officially coming ...
Android And Oracle Top Most Vulnerable List
CVE Details is a website that tracks bugs in various software systems, aggregating the data and issuing an “award” for the software that has the most reported bugs in any given year. ...
Amazon Echo Data Called Upon In Criminal Case
Privacy has been on the endangered species list for a while now, but the growing number of smart devices in people’s homes is putting an increasing amount of pressure on what little ...
Ransomware May Be Coming To Your Smart TV
Darren Cauthon, a software developer, got a Christmas present this year he didn’t ask for and didn’t want. On Christmas day, his family downloaded and installed an app on their Android-based LG ...
Patient Information On Social Media Shows Need For Better Security
A very strange and disturbing case of the theft of protected health information has come from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The department recently reported on an ...
Microsoft Could Add Mode To Windows 10 To Boost Gaming Performance
Microsoft has been hard at work experimenting with various ways to optimize performance. One of the most recent experiments to come to light is the advent of “Windows Gaming Mode.” Slated to ...