What’s the Threat? – Who, How, And Why Would Someone Hack Me

If you’re like most people, you’ve probably thought to yourself, “Why would anyone want to hack me? I haven’t got anything they would want.” Most people assume that hackers only go after big companies for the big paydays like the massive data breaches you see in the news. While that’s …

Keeping Up To Date – Software And OS Updates

Person Working on Computer by Inga Seliverstova, via Pexels (cropped) Another important principle in cybersecurity is keeping your software up to date. I think most people understand this, but I known there are people who choose to continually put off installing updates and others who probably just ignore them all …

Password Essentials – Passwords and Password Managers

Image by Pete Linforth, via Pixabay Last week I touched briefly on passwords as one of the basics you should “master”, or at least improve upon, in order to boost your security stance.  I mentioned avoiding weak passwords, password reuse, and password managers.  This week, I’ll expand a bit more …