CyberSecurity
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Do Not Post Your COVID-19 Vaccination Card On Social Media
February 11, 2021It seems like every day that I see social media posts in which people share photos...
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Beware Fraudulent Emails, Websites, and Faxes Bearing Names Of Real Attorneys And Law Firms
February 10, 2021Criminals are impersonating attorneys and law firms as part of sophisticated versions of classic “Nigerian Prince”...
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Giving Smaller Businesses The Critical Power Of Large Community Threat Intelligence: A High-Level Look at CrowdSec
February 9, 2021As I discussed last month, smaller businesses continue to suffer a disproportionate share of severe cyber-breaches,...
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Free COVID-19 Masks Arriving At People’s Homes Across The USA Are Likely Part Of A Cyber Scam
February 7, 2021People living in many different areas of the USA are reporting receiving to their homes in...
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La Cybersécurité pour les Nuls: Best-Selling “Cybersecurity For Dummies” Book Now Available In French
February 3, 2021Cybersecurity For Dummies, the best-selling cybersecurity guide written by Joseph Steinberg for general audiences, is now...
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Online Retailers That Cancel Purchases Continue To Utilize Personal Information Gathered During The Attempted Transactions
February 2, 2021While we have become somewhat accustomed to the data collection practices of online retailers seeking to...
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Keyless Car Entry Systems May Allow Anyone To Open And Steal Your Vehicle
January 28, 2021Hands-free car-entry systems that allow people to unlock their car doors without the need to push...
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Joseph Steinberg Appointed To CompTIA Cybersecurity Advisory Council
January 25, 2021Long-time cybersecurity-industry veteran, Joseph Steinberg, has been appointed by CompTIA, the information technology (IT) industry’s nonprofit...
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We Must Condemn, Not Celebrate, The Download of Parler’s Data: Hacker Vigilantism May Even Help Criminals More Than Law Enforcement
January 19, 2021Last week, shortly before Amazon took the Parler social network offline by terminating the latter’s hosting...
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Small Business Are Suffering Breaches – And Going Bust – Because They Don’t Have Access to Cyber-Threat Intelligence
January 12, 2021In the context of cybersecurity, threat intelligence refers to information about hostile actors and/or the threats...