travelAirbnb security: tips for safe travel
Four threats you might face when using Airbnb, and tips for avoiding them.
Alanna Titterington
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settingsHow to make your Threads account more private and secure
Here’s how to set up Threads to make your profile both private and secure.
social engineeringThree high-profile social engineering hacks
How social engineering helped hack the CIA chief, hijack Elon Musk and Joe Biden’s Twitter accounts, and steal half-a-billion dollars.
To Threads or Not to Threads? That is the privacy question
Discussing privacy in Threads, and whether you should sign up to Zuckerberg’s Twitter clone.
Malicious extensions in the Chrome Web Store
A few dozen malicious extensions — with a combined 87 million downloads — discovered in Google’s Chrome Web Store.
Mario Forever, malware too: a free game with a miner and Trojans inside
Malicious versions of the free-to-download game Super Mario 3: Mario Forever plant a miner and a stealer on gamers’ machines.
online shoppingWeb skimmers: why are they particularly sneaky and dangerous?
What web skimmers are, why you should keep a look out for them when shopping online, and how to protect yourself.
2FATypes of two-factor authentication: pros and cons
What two-factor authentication types are out there, and which ones should be preferred.
What’s the best way to lock your smartphone?
Which screen-locking method best protects your Android smartphone: PIN code, password, pattern lock, fingerprint, or face recognition?
The art of internal cybersecurity communications
A few tips on how to establish cybersecurity communications with employees.
BrutePrint: bypassing smartphone fingerprint protection
Android fingerprint protection isn’t that reliable after all: it can be brute-forced even without a copy of your fingerprint.
What is multi-factor authentication?
What multi-factor authentication is, why you should use it, and what “factors” there are.
ransomwareHow cybercriminals launder dirty crypto
Crypto mixers, nested exchanges, cash-out and other crypto-laundering methods used by ransomware operators.
vulnerabilitiesInternet Explorer is finally dead. Or is it?
In its February update, Microsoft buried Internet Explorer once and for all. Or did it? We investigate what really happened.
Private browsers: a beginner’s guide
Alternatives to Google Chrome that take data privacy more seriously.
Fake accounts on LinkedIn: time for a purge
Why you should purge your company’s LinkedIn page from fake employee profiles, and how to do it.
And now it’s Chrome needs updating!
Why you should update to the latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Yandex Browser, Vivaldi, Brave and other Chromium-based browsers.
Update iOS and macOS right now — again!
Once again, very serious vulnerabilities have been found in Apple operating systems. Don’t delay updating to iOS 16.4.1 and macOS 13.3.1. Please note that updates are also available for iOS 15 and macOS 11 and 12.
What really goes on when your device is in repair
Could someone be viewing your private photos while your device is being repaired?
Info-security training — with glue and scissors
DIY security trainings for your colleagues that are both fun (for you) and educational (for them).