Sep 9, 2018 | Chrome, Google, security, Windows10
Adware has started to turn up again, using Chrome extensions and notifications as a way to display annoying ads and muck up the time we spend on our computers and phones – as if we didn’t have enough to worry about. In the old days, we installed adware on our Windows...
Aug 5, 2018 | LastPass, mail, security, spam
The bad guys know where you live. The bad guys know your old passwords. But the bad guys do not have a video of you looking at porn. They’re lying to scare you. If you get an email asking for money and threatening to release an embarrassing video taken with your...
Jul 29, 2018 | news, Politics, security
There is a difference between Russian hacking, on the one hand; and Russian meddling in American society and interfering with our election, on the other hand. The terms are used interchangeably and imprecisely in news coverage. Let’s try for clarity. Knowing the...
Jul 22, 2018 | news, security
The Perfect Weapon by New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger, is the most important book you will read this year. Before I describe the book, let me start with something essential to know about it: The Perfect Weapon reads like a thriller. It does...
Jun 14, 2018 | mail, security, spam
The onslaught of spam email with malicious links has reached epidemic levels. I’ve never seen it this bad. I hear from clients every day about dangerous email messages. I get 5 or 10 or 20 a day myself. This is my new suggestion: Assume every message you receive is...
Jun 11, 2018 | phone, security
It’s not your imagination. Your cell phone is ringing off the hook with automated spam calls – 3.4 billion robocalls in April alone, a 35% increase from the previous year. Advances in call technology make it easier for the bad guys to make higher volumes of calls....
