Tech Tips From a NYC System Administrator
According to Business Insider, looks like 533 MILLION users from about 106 countries had their personal data from 2019 posted onto the dark web. The data was scraped from Facebook before they applied a security patch back in 2019. The exposed data includes personal information of over 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries, including…
The European Commission this week revealed a proposed overhaul to decades-old data protection rules in an effort to improve online privacy and Internet security across the European Union (EU) and beyond. However, even before the effects of the proposed rules could settle, backlash was felt from companies and governments around the world. But here’s the…
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News to watch – Can you be compelled by authorities to give up your encryption keys, passphrases, or passwords? Federal prosecutors want a judge to order a Colorado woman to provide the password to decrypt her laptop, which the government seized with a search warrant. With backup from digital rights groups, the woman is fighting…
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By now, you may have heard of the security breach at mass email marketing company Epsilon, where the names and email addresses of thousands, if not millions, of people have been stolen. The current list of companies include: 1-800-Flowers AbeBooks Ameriprise Financial Barclays Bank Best Buy Brookstone Citibank Disney Destinations Hilton Worldwide JP Morgan Chase…
Man, security is getting tougher. When the servers at a well known security firm get hacked, we need to rethink our security protocols and business practices. From Sophos/Naked Security: Hackers have broken into the servers of RSA, the security division of EMC, and stolen information related to the company’s SecurID two-factor authentication products. Read the…
Time to revisit your facebook privacy settings again: Facebook has announced that developers of Facebook apps can now gather the personal contact information from their users. Read more…Rogue Facebook apps can now access your home address and mobile phone number | Naked Security.
We know that Gawker Media had it’s databases hacked, releasing millions of usernames and passwords. Now spammers/hackers are taking advantage of that story to send out spam emails like this: Beware…
Facebook is getting bigger and sharing more info. It’s time to revisit your privacy settings and make sure you’re not opting into anything automatically. First stop is “Instant Personalization“, which basically allows FB partner sites to gather your info. Opt out by going to your Account –> Privacy Settings, then click on the Edit Settings…
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This is getting SCARY. So basically, unless you opt out, when you’re logged into FB, and visit a partner site (Currently Yelp, Docs.com, Pandora – but I’m sure the list will grow), the partner site will know you’re a FB user and will ask you if you want to “personalize” the site. By that they…
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Something I’ve been seeing alot of lately, Fake AVs Fake anti-virus software is on the rise and currently accounts for about 15% of all malware detected, according to a forthcoming report from Google.Fake anti-virus software purports to be software than can find and remove malware. But in fact it’s malware, the very thing it’s supposed…