What is Ransomware? Ransomware is a type of malware that uses encryption or outright theft to hold data hostage. Data is encrypted and sometimes stolen with the threat of public release. A payment is then demanded to unlock files and or delete the stolen copy of the...
What’s on your computer may not really be your life, but for most of us it is the slideshow or video of our life. Think about all the files you keep on your computer: work files, important personal files such as taxes, pictures of your kids being born and growing up,...
Is Your WiFi Network Secure? If you have a WiFi network, and let’s face it who doesn’t, WiFi security is important to you. Most people believe their WiFi connection is secure, but from my experience, some of them aren’t. Most SOHO (Small Office Home Office) routers...
Email Security: Revelation that the NSA has been looking at more emails than they probably should be raises the issue of how secure are your emails? This will be a multi-part blog about different methods of communication. If you happen to be reading this from...
Origins of Texting Texting has become the go-to method of communication for a lot of people. SMS stands for Short Message Service and development on the standards began in the early 1980’s. For more about this, see Wikipedia. The first text message ever sent was in...
What is a Zero Day Exploit? Simply put a zero day exploit is a software vulnerability that is found by hackers before the software creator. They can be the worst kind of security hole as they can be exploited until the software creator is made aware and can fix the...
