It is usually said that those who are behind a hardware router are protected from any danger. This is true in regard to the connections that come from outside but it is not true for the dangers which come from inside the local network. We must not forget that most of threats are landing on […]
Quite a lot of people take now their netbook or smartphone with them when travelling. Because of this, almost every quarter of the year we read stories about sensitive personal data was lost because some laptop or USB stick got stolen. Moreover, with the rise of the mobile devices like smartphones, tablets and pads, anyone […]
Finally, I managed to create a Facebook page for the book: www.facebook.com/ImproveYourSec Why “Sec” and not “Security” ? Well, I don’t know… Facebook appears to block anything which contains the word “security” in it. Hey, Facebook, are you afraid of some competition? from Improve Your SecurityImprove Your Security http://improve-your-security.org/2013/12/20/facebook-page/ via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
Every week or even day we see new vulnerabilities popping up in all software packages which we use daily: In the operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux), PDF Readers, Web browsers, Mail clients, Office suites, and so on. It is critical to install the available updates for all these software packages in order to not become […]
A recent study published in various online magazines showed that more and more people tend to replace their traditional mobile phones with smartphones. This trend applies not only to young people who are usually more interested in new technologies but also to older people. So, what does this has to do with security? A smartphone […]
Very often people buy new gadgets or devices which because they are “secured” out of the box. Or, better said, this is what the producers write on their boxes, because the reality is quite different. These devices are delivered most of the time with default passwords like “0000″, “admin”, “1234″ and so on. This is not […]
I never thought that I am going to write this post after publishing the two other Improve your security articles about passwords: #8: change the default passwords and #1: complex passwords aren’t always better But, here we are, after seeing three major websites (LinkedIn, LastFM, eHarmony)… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://improve-your-security.org/2013/12/06/create-good-passwords/ via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
In an interview for the magazine http://www.adotas.com I published a reference to the book: I published a free eBook exactly to help these people to understand the risks and to teach them how to make their accounts and devices… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://improve-your-security.org/2013/12/05/improve-security-mentioned-adotas-com/ via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
We wrote 1.5 months ago in the article Botnet attack on WordPress about the ongoing distributed attack on the WordPress platform. WordPress has a default administrator called “admin” which can be changed to any user upon installation. According to various sources, the… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://improve-your-security.org/2013/12/04/combat-brute-force-attacks-wordpress-blogs/ via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]