One Thing to Do Today: Single-Factor Biometrics are the WORST. [Supergirl Spoilers]
So thanks to Supergirl Season 2 Episode 7 we’ve got a giant teachable moment on the security horror show of single
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Author: carlyn
One Thing To Do Today: That IoT device on sale for Black Friday? Hold off.
There is a joke gaining popularity on the internet. “The S in IoT stands for security.” The very first twitter
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One Thing To Do Today: Give Thanks
I’d like to say thank you to the many teachers I’ve had in my life. You’ve made me who I
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One Thing To Do Today: Enable Two Factor Authentication
TL;DR Yes, go enable two factor authentication, but it’s probably really fancy multistep verification. And email, still not encrypted. I’m very glad to
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One Thing To Do Today: Add Self Review to Tuesday Checklist
It’s Tuesday Sweep Time on my calendar. I’m trying to create a github-pages site that will be a nice little
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One Thing To Do Today: Research Social-Engineering
TL;DR: Read the entire SmartFile article on 23 Social Engineering Attacks, or at the very least scroll to the end for their summary
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One Thing To Do Today: Watch Terms and Conditions May Apply
It’s been a long week. Maybe let’s just watch a movie. Try Terms and Conditions May Apply. Reviews on Rotten
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One Thing To Do Today: The robots are listening and they understand what they hear.
TL;DR: Don’t invite AI enabled cloud listening devices or apps into your home. Spoken natural language processing still takes a
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One Thing To Do Today: Delete your account.
TL;DR. Delete the accounts you don’t use. Maybe even some that you do. For your own safety, start paying for
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One Thing To Do Today: What passwords do you have anyway?
TL;DR: Now actually start moving passwords into the software. Updating the weak, deleting accounts that are unnecessary. Take the time
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One Thing To Do Today – Get that password manager already
UPDATE: Wirecutter Review of Password Managers April 2017 Logins sit as the front door to online systems. True, most systems have
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One Thing To Do Today: Embrace the Postcard Nature of Email
TL;DR: Absolutely turn on two factor authentication, but that doesn’t fix an inherently broken protocol. Do you remember paper interoffice
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