Misleading cybersecurity lessons from pop culture: how Hollywood teaches to hack

Credit to Author: Sam Chester| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:32:10 +0000

We take a look at some of the most famous (or infamous) hacking scenes from TV and movies and the cybersecurity lessons, if any, we can learn from them.

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15,000 webcams vulnerable to attack: how to protect against webcam hacking

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 17:19:23 +0000

We take a look at the ever-present threat of webcam hacking, and what you can do to avoid being caught out.

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La mayoría de los hackers de alquiler son estafadores

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 10:00:15 +0000

Los piratas informáticos de alquiler son una panda de estafadores, según un estudio publicado la semana pasada por Google y académicos de la Universidad de California en San Diego. Los investigadores estaban específicamente interesados ​​en un segmento de servicios del mercado negro conocido como hackers de alquiler: los delincuentes que contratas cuando te faltan las [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/qxeWd1qjY5Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Is Your Baby Monitor Susceptible to Hacking?

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:00:19 +0000

There’s no doubt that digital technology, in many of its forms, brings everyday tasks much closer-to-hand. From discovering breaking news, to online shopping, to keeping tabs on your home via security cameras—everything is within the touch of a button. Even so, with the growing reach of the Internet of Things (IoT), new and unsuspected threats…

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Are hackers gonna hack anymore? Not if we keep reusing passwords

Credit to Author: Kacy Zurkus| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

A look at the not-so-hacking hacker techniques attackers are using to compromise user accounts via weak passwords and gain access to enterprise networks.

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How to browse the Internet safely at work

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 16:00:44 +0000

This Safer Internet Day, we’re presenting a guideline to employees on how to navigate the online trenches safely, whether they’re on their desktop computers, company-owned laptops, or mobile devices. Who wants to be the one responsible for a breach? No one.

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