What Makes My Passwords Vulnerable?
There is no such thing as a truly secure password. There are only more secure or less secure passwords. Passwords...
Worried About All Those App Permissions and Your Privacy? McAfee and Verizon Have an App for That!
Listen up, Android users! As Robert Siciliano mentioned in one of his recent blogs, the Android OS has become the...
Celebrities Are Lures For Scammers
“Just Google it.” You’ve probably heard this phrase a thousand times before, and for good reason—search is one of the...
Malicious Websites – The Web is a Dangerous Place
McAfee’s latest Threats Report shows a growth in malicious websites replacing botnets as the primary infection mechanism. This means that...
No Surprise – Ransomware On the Rise
McAfee’s latest Threats Report shows a 1.5 million increase in malware since last quarter. 2012 is in fact, far and...
Technology Fuels Cyberbullying and Cheating in Teens
McAfee’s study “The Digital Divide: How the Online Behavior of Teens is Getting Past Parents” shows an alarming 70% of teens have hidden their...
Jumping Into the Flames of Skywiper
There has been quite a bit of analysis and speculation about the Flamer/Skywiper threat. As we started to analyze this...
What Does It Take To Be Digitally Secure?
Let’s get one thing straight: it’s no longer possible to deny that your life in the physical world and your...
Protect Yourself from Vishing
“Vishing” occurs when criminals cold-call victims and attempt to persuade them to divulge personal information over the phone. These scammers...
RDP+RCE=Bad News (MS12-020)
See March 15 and 16 updates at the end of this blog. —————————————————- The March Security Bulletin release from...
