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Teaching Kids to Rise Above the Twitter Trolls
The social media platform Twitter has been making the headlines every day lately and not for good reasons. The popular...
How an Online Prank Had Countless Phones Dialing 911
Remember elementary school, when prank notes left on fellow students’ desks caused uproars of laughter? Those were golden days....
How a Single Password Triggered the Business Insider Breach
When it comes to cyberattacks, publicity is a magnet. But what happens when news publications themselves become targets? One of...
Cerber Ransomware Now Hunts for Databases
Cerber is one of the most popular ransomware packages. It has upgraded itself to also target databases. It is...
Cyber Parenting – Let’s Hear What Mothers Have to Say
Children’s Day is around the corner and it has me thinking. With all the brouhaha over a connected future and...
Talking About Cyber Risks Educates the Community
In the last 12 months, we have seen an unprecedented number of cyberattacks occur or come to light. Sophisticated attacks against...
How to Get Smarter About Phones and Homework Time
But Moooooom, you can’t take my phone! I can’t finish my homework without it! In that desperate moment, my daughter looked...
App Store Flooded with Phony Retail Apps to Kick Off Holiday Season
The holiday season has officially kicked off, which means a number of things for many of us: seasonal cheer, quality...
Blogging Best Practices and Hot Topics for Security Marketers
When used as part of an integrated marketing campaign, blogging can increase SEO effectiveness, help maintain mindshare, and create a...
More Capable IoT Botnets to Emerge as the ‘Pros’ Enter the Fray
On the heels of severe distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, we see new botnets emerging that are powered by...
Could Your Kids Be Ordering Dangerous Drugs Online?
According to recent news reports, police have linked a drug named Pink to the overdose deaths of two 13-year-old boys...
21st Century Bank Heist Strikes Tesco Bank, Could Portend Future Attacks
Last Tuesday, as Americans were filling out their ballots, about 40,000 U.K. citizens were left wondering what happened to their...
Bypassing Your Passcode: How One Online Hack Can Unleash Your Photos and Texts
You keep some of your most personal information on your phone. Special photos, hundreds of contacts, important emails, private...
The Holiday Season is Here, Spreading Hackable Gifts Wide and Near
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but I’m feeling anxious — security anxious, that is. Every year, we...
Keep Your Computer Close: PoisonTap Can Unlock It Almost Instantly
It’s never a good idea to leave your computer unattended. Since it carries mounds of valuable data, an unchaperoned computer...
Worms Could Spread Like Zombies via Internet of Things
Security researchers recently created a proof-of-concept attack against Internet-connected lightbulbs, causing breached devices to infect their neighbors. The propagation...
Black Friday and Holiday Shopping Dangers
This blog was written by Bruce Snell. As a kid, I remember hearing about the horror stories of the insanity...
The Most Hackable Christmas Gifts of 2016 – Are You Prepared?
I’ve decided that 2016 will be a calm and collected Christmas in our house. I’m saying NO to last minute...
