June 13, 2022 Peppering Your Passwords I preach about using password managers constantly – because they really are a fantastic tool for increasing your security. Humans suck at creating memorable…
January 17, 2022 Data Privacy Week 2022 Of course, every week should be “data privacy week”, but we do set aside a specific time each year to focus on privacy –…
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…
May 24, 2021 How & When to Use a Passphrase Today is the day we’ve all been waiting for! The super-secret, highly-collectible, security-enhancing device is finally HERE!! For a short period of time, I…
January 4, 2021 The Great SolarWinds Hack The Russian SVR has had backdoor access to hundreds if not thousands of government and corporate networks for nearly nine months. And if not…
August 24, 2020 Apple’s Epic Battle Epic – the maker of the massively popular game Fortnite – has thrown down the proverbial gauntlet. It has decided that it no longer…
July 20, 2020 Your Money or Your Data (part 2) In the second part of my interview with Renee Dudley from ProPublica, we delve into the cyber insurance and ransomware incident response industries, including…
July 13, 2020 Your Money or Your Data (part 1) Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that ransomware is one of the most common and most lucrative cybersecurity rackets today. But…
April 20, 2020 Phish Spotting 101 The bad guys are having a field day with all the coronavirus hubbub, using our fears and anxieties to trick us into clicking bad…
October 8, 2018 How to Protect Yourself From Ransomware Ransomware, the malware that locks up your data and hold it for ransom, has been growing by leaps and bounds in the past few…
