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CyberSecurity
Images Of Government-Issued IDs Should Not Be Trusted For Authentication
January 11, 2021Government Issued identity documents (IDs), such as passports and drivers’ licenses, may be appropriate forms of...
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CyberSecurity
Banning President Trump From Social Media May Seem Moral, But It Is Both Wrong And Threatens Our Democracy
January 9, 2021Back in 2019, I wrote that lawmakers must prohibit social media platforms from banning anyone for...
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CyberSecurity
Every Computer and Smartphone in the Capitol Should be Considered Compromised and Dangerous
January 7, 2021While much of the security-oriented focus regarding the storming of the Capitol building by protesters yesterday...
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CyberSecurity
Adobe Flash Is Finally Dead – And You Should Uninstall It Immediately. Here Is How and Why.
January 4, 2021Uninstall Adobe Flash Player From any devices on which you still have it running. Flash was...
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CyberSecurity
US Orders Rare Emergency System Shut-Downs After Severe CyberSecurity Breach Hits Government And Businesses
December 14, 2020The U.S. government instructed all of its civilian agencies to immediately shut off various popular network...
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CyberSecurity
Warning To Employers And Their Former Employees: Ex-Engineer Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison For Hacking Cisco’s WebEx
December 14, 2020A former Cisco engineer was sentenced this past Wednesday (December 9, 2020) to 24 months in...
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CyberSecurity
Social Media Account Verification Messages: CyberCriminals’ Latest Phishing Technique Exploits Both Human Emotions And Anti-Fraud Techniques
December 1, 2020Social media users’ delight at receiving notification that their accounts have qualified for Verification (that is,...
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Cool Tech
Even Without Seeing You, People Can Read Your Lips, Identify You, and Read Your Writing – Thanks To Wi-Fi
November 23, 2020Did you know that by analyzing Wi-Fi signals governments and others can spy on you physically,...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Stop Saying You Don’t Need To Worry About Privacy and CyberSecurity Because You Don’t Have Anything To Hide. You Have Plenty.
November 17, 2020Frequently, I hear people who fail to practice even basic cybersecurity hygiene justify their actions with...
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CyberSecurity
The Most Dangerous Attack On Our Presidential Election Is The One That Nobody Is Discussing
November 3, 2020Election hacking, tampering, vulnerabilities, and fraud are topics that have inundated Americans watching the news over...
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