Net Patrol
Train Users to Recognize Phishing Scams
This is a sponsored post written on behalf of KnowBe4; the opinions represented are 100% my own. Keeping your corporate network secure is challenging, especially if your business requires that your staff has access to an open Web. Powerful communication tools such as email and information sources including various Web sites across the Internet are [...]
What is Ping?
Ping is a term that’s thrown around all over the place. That being said, the root of what a ping actually is remains the same throughout most of them. In basic terms, it is a utility used to test the reliability of a connection between two points on the Web. Ping is often used during [...]
Wireless Security Made More Simple
At the infamous Def Con conference earlier this month, a hacker successfully implemented an MITM (man-in-the-middle) attack on a number of attendees’ cell phones in what might be the first recorded case of a 4G cellular network breach. The next week, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology presented a security scheme at Usenix Security Symposium [...]
How to Protect Your Password
So many different sites and services online require you to have a login and password in order to take advantage of what they have to offer. More than that, they often have a specific set of requirements for that password that include specific lengths, character types, and formats that must be adhered to in order [...]
What is a Supercookie?
The term cookies has been used in the tech world for years to describe little bits of code intended to keep settings and login information consistent each time you visit a server you frequent. In some cases, cookies are used to track your activity and send usage reports to the site owner, and several browser [...]
How to Avoid Computer Viruses Without Anti-Virus Software
Good anti-virus software is a great way to safeguard against malicious software that would otherwise cause havoc on your system, your data, and your personal life. Unfortunately, finding a good solution that protects against almost all kinds of attacks without weighing down your system and forcing its way into everything you do is nearly impossible. [...]
How to Handle the Security of Your Computer Being Compromised
Whether you have that sinking feeling that comes after a few failed attempts at logging in to a site that you use daily, or an email from a service you use indicating that it feels your account has been compromised, there’s nothing that hits you quite like the idea that the security of your computer [...]
Five Creative Ways to Name Your Home Network Devices
Do you have a unique naming scheme for your network devices? Do their names hold a literal meaning, or were they picked just to be silly? In large networks, administrators tend to assign specific names to various network equipment in order to identify exactly where and what a specific device is from anywhere in the [...]
Five Things to Avoid in an Internet Service Provider (ISP)
So, the time has come to seek out an alternative to your current Internet service provider (ISP)? Chances are, you’re considering leaving it because you’re moving and it doesn’t cover your new area or it just isn’t providing you with the best service for the money you’re spending. So why fall victim to another bad [...]
How to Play Pac-Man from Your Browser
Pac-Man is one of the longest-standing and most popular games in the history of video gaming. First released in 1980, Pac-Man features a very simple 2D interface where you control a giant yellow head that gobbles up little points of light called Pac-Dots while avoiding ghosts (named Blinky, Inky, Pinky, and Clyde) that kill you [...]
