Cyber security awareness: The Facebook feature you will love
I was surprised at how fast and easy I was able to tighten up the security and privacy settings on my personal Facebook page – and how many apps I had actually given access to.
Online Security
When a purchase order email is not what it seems
What are the keys to knowing this isn’t a real purchase interest?
Stop CISA to Stop Cyber Spying
So, what is CISA? The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 was intended to balance security and privacy. “CISA is fundamentally flawed because of its broad immunity clauses for companies, vague definitions, and aggressive spying powers,” says the EFF Week of Action page
Hackers Win Round Against Sony: The Interview Pulled from Theaters
U.S. intelligence has linked the cyber attack on Sony to the North Korean government. The film portrays the fictional assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. It is believed that the hackers . . .
Lawsuit Claims BackPage.com Aids Sex Trafficking
The victims say they were raped multiple times when they were teenagers and that the website is partially responsible for their sex trafficking.
Skype Safety Tips for Kids and Parents
Skype is a free video chat and instant messaging service widely used for family and friends to keep in touch with each other. Parents and kids often use the service as it was intended, but sometimes kids and parents get a rude shock.
Steam Family Sharing Available to Users
Steam allows individual members to save game places, earn achievements and save application data in the Steam Cloud. According to GameSpot, “Lenders can’t access games that aren’t available in their region or games that require a third-party key, account or subscription.”
Bitcoins Vanish and Mt. Gox Goes Dark
Karpeles said that technical issues and “some weakness in the system” opened the way for the fraudulent withdrawals.
PSN Hackers Target PS4 Users, Sony Stays Silent
PSN users need to make sure their accounts can’t get hacked. One way that users can prevent hackers from stealing their information . . .
U.S. Secret Service Investigating Possible Data Breach at Sears?
Bloomberg News, using an un-indentified source, reported that the U.S. Secret Service was involved in investigating a secret breach at Sears. The U.S. Secret Service is remaining quiet on whether or not it is actually investigating a breach at the retailer.