2 Factor Authentication

2-factor authentication is your friend. Use it!

Wordfence is providing another excellent public service announcement, this time regarding hijacked extensions. While the method of attack is interesting, there are a number of important actions recommended in the post. I’d like to call your attention to a few: Don’t trust links in e-mails. As we become used to search bars being combined with…
Jason Hiner thinks not. The problem is likely less that Vista is bad, than that it is new and different and just a little clumsy for people who are accustomed to Windows XP. The idea of resolving security issues by forcing people to respond to the computer more often may be necessary–I don’t really know–but…
I always tell users to be very certain of any attachments, not only checking who they’re from, but being certain that the person in question intentionally sent them. This e-card greeting spam (Washington Post article) should remind you of another thing: Links in an e-mail don’t necessarily go where the text says they go. Be…
Due to a remote execution flaw in CyberPanel, I had to clean up after this attack. The most useful site I found was Kinsing malware (kdevtmpfsi) – how to kill on CreateIt. The instructions there are useful. Don’t forget to do the full search, as if you have any “kinsing” files left, they’ll get things started…
Equifax, while dealing with a data breach, has managed to send people to a fake site. This is one of the problems with both big business and government. They’re big, they have us by the short and curlies, and they therefore don’t have enough incentive to caution and diligent efforts. If I, as a small…
If you’re having problems loading some secure sites using Firefox (for me it’s gmail.com, which is secure!), you might need to check the notes on this page.
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