Category «Cybercrime»

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues October 21 2018

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Note – four significant highlights of this week’s column: The Employer Surveillance State; How to Recover Google Contacts; How to delete your account with Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, and more; and last but certainly not least – ‘Do Not Track’ Privacy Tool Doesn’t Do Anything!

Subjects: Big Data, Civil Liberties, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, E-Government, Email, KM, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media, Spyware

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues September 29 2018

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health/medical, to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Note – three significant highlights of this week’s column: Be careful about what you post on social media [really]; Overruling Constitutional Precedents; and If Your Data is Found on the Dark Web, Firefox Monitor Will Let You Know.

Subjects: Big Data, Civil Liberties, CRS Reports, Cybercrime, Government Resources, Health, KM, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media, Supreme Court

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues September 22 2018

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health/medical, to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Note – three significant highlights of this week’s column: 10 Investigative Tools You Probably Haven’t Heard Of; How to Safely Pay for Goods and Services With Someone You Don’t Know; and The Best Browsers of 2018: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and More Tested.

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Disaster Planning, Internet Resources, RSS Newsfeeds, Social Media, Travel

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues September 15 2018

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health/medical, to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Note – three significant highlights of this week’s column: Verizon data breach digest lifts the lid on theft tactics; Samsung SmartThings Tracker Locates People, Pets, and Things; and Who controls your data?

Subjects: Big Data, Cybercrime, Cyberlaw, Cybersecurity, Government Resources, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues September 1 2018

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health/medical, to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways our privacy and security is diminished, often without our situational awareness. Note – two significant highlights of this week’s column: Woman Sues Border Agents to Make Them Return Data They Seized From Her Phone – and How Yahoo Is Mining For Gold in Your Junk Mail.

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Mining, E-Commerce, Email, Government Resources, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues August 26 2018

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health/medical, to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways our privacy and security is diminished, often without our situational awareness. Note – two significant highlight of this week’s column: Doorbell camera videos create dilemma for police, neighborhoods – and Government Leads Industry in Anti-Spoofing Email Protection, Report Finds.

Subjects: Cybercrime, Email, Email Security, Firewalls, Gadgets, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues August 18 2018

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health/medical, to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways our privacy and security is diminished, often without our situational awareness. Note – two significant highlight of this week’s column: AP Exclusive: Google tracks your movements, like it or not; and Hackers can steal data from the enterprise using only a fax number. Although many assume fax machines are no longer in general use, think about your doctors and hospitals – they all continue to use them, as do many states, localities, the federal government, and courts.

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Search Engines

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues August 11 2018

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health/medical, to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways our privacy and security is diminished, often without our situational awareness. Note – two highlights of this week’s column: As Russians hack the US grid, a look at what’s needed to protect it; and DARPA is racing against time to develop a tool that can spot ‘deepfakes’.

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Energy, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues August 5 2018

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health/medical, to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways our privacy and security is diminished, often without our situational awareness. Note – two highlight of this week’s column: the FBI Releases Article on Securing the Internet of Things and Surprising Things the Government Knows About Americans.

Subjects: Computer Security, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Energy, Privacy

The 6 Types Of Cyber Attacks To Protect Against In 2018

Lizzie Kardon’s article is a timely guide to the different methods by which cyber attacks are launched and the tools used to deliver them. As the goals and objectives for such attacks differ, it is critical to employ accurate and effective strategic and tactical processes to prevent and to repel attacks that are steadily increasing as the Internet of Things (IoT) expands in arenas that span work, home, government, social media, healthcare and beyond.

Subjects: Computer Security, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity