We hate to make sweeping generalizations, but we feel pretty confident when we say that most people know what a computer virus is. However, there are so many different types of viruses out there that beyond the broad stroke definition things may get...
What is ransomware?
'Tis The Season To Be Careful - Holiday IT Security
“The scams that we get all year long are the same scams that happen around the holiday season. It’s just that people are more apt to maybe fall for them during the holidays.”
This is a quote from Donna Gregory, the unit chief for the Internet Crime...
Preparing for the Worst - Personal Security Problems as a New Reality
I used to have a buddy who drove motorcycles. This particular guy had a prosthetic leg from an accident he had gotten into some years back. He patiently explained to me how he was really always careful, did all the right things, obeyed all the laws,...
Power Grid a Target for Hackers
I have some background in major utility information technology, so I'm going to be more quiet than usual on this particular issue (let's just say I've been talking about this for well over ten years), but I still want to spread the word around.
"P@ssW0rd123!" or "correct horse battery staple"?
F0rg3t what you know about creating strong passwords, because the rules have changed. For over a decade we have been trying to make our passwords so random that we end up forgetting if it was a "?" or a "!" in the middle of this jumble of numbers...