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How to fight security fatigue

April 25, 2017 admin 101, cybersecurity, cybersecurity awareness, How-tos, security fatigue

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:00:55 +0000

We live in the age of the 24-hour news cycle. Each day, whether it’s from TV news, phone notifications, online browsing, social media, or even the good old fashioned paper, we hear stories of the increasing dangers of cybercrime. Cyberthreats are growing more serious! Russian hacker starts his own ransomware service! Experts say tech support…

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3, 2, 1, GO! Make backups of your data!

April 5, 2017 admin 101, backups, cybersecurity, How-tos, ransomware

Credit to Author: Jean Taggart| Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:00:06 +0000

One of the best defenses against ransomware is having a good backup strategy. Having good backups protects your data against all sorts of unpleasant mishaps. A useful rule of thumb called the “3-2-1 rule”, learn about it here.

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Torify and analyze traffic for your VM

March 9, 2017 admin How-tos, Network, protection, Security, Threat analysis, Virtual Machines, VM

Credit to Author: Jérôme Boursier| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 18:00:58 +0000

Several solutions to isolate and analyze a VM network traffic for malware analysis purpose exist. Whonix, Tor and Virtual makes this process painless and efficient.

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How do I secure my social media profile?

February 23, 2017 admin 101, cybercrime, how to, How-tos, instagram, LinkedIn, phish, phishing, privacy, social media, spam, Twitter

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:00:07 +0000

Quitting social media entirely can be unrealistic, or at least seriously unfun. So it’s important to take a moment to check out account settings before you start, to make absolutely sure you’re okay with the service’s default settings.

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Tips to stay secure during tax season

February 22, 2017 admin 101, How-tos, Identity Theft, tax fraud, tax season, two-factor authentication

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 15:00:08 +0000

What are some ways you can protect your information (and identity) during tax season? Here are tried and true tips to help ease the stress.

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Why do I care about someone else’s data breach?

February 1, 2017 admin 101, data breach, How-tos, privacy, Threat Intel, threatintel

As the size of your organization increases, the probability that an individual employee’s company email is in that breach rises to 1. So how do you go about plugging leaks? A three-point strategy can get you started.

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