Photo by Mary Taylor, via Pexels If you’ve been following my blog posts these past few weeks, surely by now you can see there is no shortage of threats to our online security, our information and our privacy. This may have you nervous and wondering, “what can I do to …
Image by Mohamed Hassan, via Pixabay Social engineering, in simplest terms, is the art of manipulating people and taking advantage of unearned trust in other people. Social engineering is not a new thing either. It’s been around as long as there have been people. You may have heard of one …
Red Toaster by Piotr Siedlecki, via Public Domain Pictures Welcome to the Internet of Everything! In case you haven’t heard of it before, IoT or the Internet of Things, is the addition of a wireless network connection to…well, anything and everything. These are also commonly called smart devices—smart lights, smart …
Last week I briefly touched on the topic of VPNs—virtual private networks. This week, I’d like to dig a little further into that topic. If you have no idea what a VPN is, don’t worry, this post is for you. Maybe you have some idea of what a VPN can …
Wifi Symbol by Circe Denyer, via PublicDomainPictures.Net CC0 1.0 (transparency removed) When was the last time you were out and about, when suddenly you remembered you forgot to respond to an email from earlier that day? Maybe you want to see what movies are playing at the local theater or …
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 …
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 …
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 …
