Protecting Your Home Office from Your Smart Home
Update 01 November 2020 The Threat Intelligence Report 2020 (released last week—a brief summary can be found here) reported that IoT infections on wireless networks (including home networks) is up 100% over last year. Shockingly, these devices that blend into your daily life are not just leaky boats, they are targets for ransomware. Unless you
Don’t Catastrophize!
The rise of cybercrime—and the realization that bad actors increasingly target small businesses—can lead freelancers and solopreneurs to feel overwhelmed and vulnerable. Some bury their head in the sand and try to ignore the threat, while others let anxiety take over. They consider worst-case scenarios to be probable instead of possible, which can be the
Upgrading Your Phone? 4 Things You Should Do First
Getting a new phone for the holidays? Before your dispose of it, give it to one of your kids, or trade it in for credit toward a new phone, the FTC suggests you do these 4 things first: Back up your data. Remove SIM and SD cards Erase your personal information. Verify that your personal
Can Your Anonymous Data Be Re-identified?
You supply data and are told it is being anonymized or de-identified for privacy. How effective is de-identification?
Enable automatic updates
Auto-updates have bricked phones and shut down productive work sessions, so people turn them off. Why this logic is wrong for solos & small businesses.
The Case for Password Managers
Keeping passwords digitally stored in one place seems anathema. Here’s why you should do just that.
What Is “Juice Jacking” & How to Avoid It
You like to travel light–no bulky wall wart for you–and besides, why search for an out-of-the-way wall outlet in public spaces when charging kiosks seem to proliferate in almost every public space. Even hotel rooms are sporting more charging docks than outlets. The challenge is that the same cable that charges your device also transfers
The Growing Employer-Employee Cybersecurity Gap: What It Is and How to Bridge It
Employers face a growing disconnect with employees in terms of overall cybersecurity, creating a dangerous gap. Here’s how large that gap has grown.