Net Patrol
Which is Better: Hand Coding or Pre-Built CMS?
Ashley, a member of the LockerGnome community, asks on YouTube: “What are your views on Web-based CMS compared to hand-coding a Web site? Do you feel that a smaller (lesser known) CMS is as good or better than the more popular products?” The debate between using custom code versus a pre-rolled CMS (content management system) [...]
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM)
This is a sponsored post written on behalf of KnowBe4. The opinions expressed in this article are 100% my own. October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), and is an excellent time to educate your friends, family, and coworkers about cyber security and its importance both at home and the workplace. Taking a few easy steps [...]
Does CAPTCHA Really Work?
Tenken89, a member of the LockerGnome community, asks: “Are CAPTCHA codes effective bot deterrents, or are they just annoying?“ Do you find yourself annoyed by the scrambled numbers and letters you have to decode in order to gain access to a site? This CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) [...]
How to Secure Your Wi-Fi Network
Bboyhurricane, a member of the LockerGnome community asked: “How do you tell if someone is using your Wi-Fi?“ With the proliferation of Wi-Fi as a primary access method for home networks, the inherent risk of someone gaining access to your network unknowingly increases considerably. Someone would typically have to go through a lot of physical [...]
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. [...]
