December 5, 2022 Tis the Season for Scams Tis the season for giving… and unfortunately, also for taking. Scammers tend to be extremely active during the holiday season. We’re buying lots of…
November 7, 2022 Redirect Ransom QR codes are not inherently dangerous. They’re effectively links we can click in the real world using the camera app on our phone. Like…
June 27, 2022 Total Cookie Protection Firefox officially rolled out its Total Cookie Protection feature last week, which is a clever and elegant solution for blocking tracking using third party…
March 14, 2022 Computer Security Goes Microscopic We didn’t use to think too much about physical computer security because most computers were safely stored in our homes or businesses. But many…
December 6, 2021 Defending Democracy with Technology Transparency is critical when it comes to trust – and right now, particularly in the United States, we’re having some real issues with trust…
November 29, 2021 My Debit Card Was Hacked Credit cards are more secure than debit cards. I’ve said this in my book, my podcast, my blog and my seminars. Credit card transactions…
September 20, 2021 Security Is Hard It’s really easy to complain about the sadly insecure state of many of our products and services, but the fact is that doing security…
September 6, 2021 Privacy Matters For many people, privacy is just a vague concept. But it can literally be a matter of life and death. It deserves your attention,…
July 12, 2021 How to Keep Ransomware at Bay Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, the bad guys say “hold my beer”. The REvil gang has managed to pull off what…
March 29, 2021 Stop Using SMS for 2FA Passwords suck and humans aren’t good at using them. Password managers can help a lot, but to truly improve your account security these days,…