WiFi has long used the WiFi Protected Access 2, or WPA2 security standard. It’s a pretty good system, the encryption still hasn’t been broken and it’s in use virtually everywhere. But recently some other security issues have come to light, […]
The most common form of WiFi Encryption security, WPA2 has been compromised this week by hacker Mathy Vanhoef. He discovered that it was possible to force WiFi enabled devices to change their encryption key to one predetermined by the attacker, thus […]
Equifax, one of the 2 major U.S. credit score companies, has been hacked. Approximately 143,000,000 users information was breached. This is almost half the population of the entire United States. To call this a big deal is the understatement of […]
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We all know that our Facebook data is not private. It’s common knowledge that Facebook sells anonymized data to research and advertisement companies, this data is non-identifiable, meaning you become a part of a demographic but aren’t necessarily singled […]
Have you been pwned? Probably. If you’ve ever created an account on sites like LinkedIn, Myspace, Dropbox, or Last.fm, your email and password may have been stolen by hackers. Data breeches happen all the time, and when they affect a […]
I’m about to toot my own horn. If you’ve turned on a T.V. in the last week no doubt you’ve heard of the WannaCrypt “RansomApocaGeddonWare.” Readers of this blog are all too familiar with other Ransomware style viruses, but WannaCrypt […]
Warning! If you get an unexpected email sharing a Google Docs file with you, DO NOT OPEN IT! A new scam is going around where users receive an email inviting them to view a file in Google Docs. Except when […]
Earlier this month, Congress decided to let your Internet Service Provider (ISP) sell your web browsing history to advertisers without your consent. Previous regulations required customers to “Opt-In,” giving permission to the ISP to sell their data. But in […]
The most hated operating system since Windows ME is finally dead. This week Microsoft pulled the plug on Vista, discontinuing support and updates for the OS that most people just viewed as a placeholder between XP and 7. After 10 […]