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Category: Security

  • Windows 10 WiFi Ease By Default Causes Vulnerability | Hacked- How To Change Default

    A new feature within Windows called “Wi-Fi Sense” shares Wi-Fi passwords with contacts by default, lowering one’s network privacy and security. Source: ‘Wi-Fi Sense’ Vulnerability in Windows 10, the “Most Secure Windows Yet” | Hacked

  • Google Tells You How To Stay Safe Online

    Research done by the Google team provides some common sense and conclusive results that will help you stay safe online. Source: Google Tells You How To Stay Safe Online

  • WordPress Security Vulnerability

    Please update your WordPress version to 4.2.1 and any out-of-date plug-ins installed immediately! According to Securi: [su_quote cite=”By Daniel Cid” url=”https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/04/security-advisory-xss-vulnerability-affecting-multiple-wordpress-plugins.html”] Security Advisory: XSS Vulnerability Affecting Multiple WordPress Plugins By Daniel Cid on April 20, 2015 . 61 Comments Multiple WordPress Plugins are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to the misuse of theadd_query_arg() and…

  • WordPress Users at Risk of ISIS Hacking Spree

    According to WCCF Tech, the FBI is warning WordPress users against a possible exploit being used by ISIS that could take control of sites using older versions of WordPress. According to the FBI, ISIS is affecting “Web site operations and the communication platforms of news organizations, commercial entities, religious institutions, federal/state/local governments, foreign governments, and…

  • How the US’ Requests for Linked-In Member Info Measures Up Worldwide

    So I just got the notification that Linked-In had changed their privacy and transparency policy so I took a minute to see what the changes were. During my perusal I see a link to their Government Requests Transparency Report. It’s interesting to see how many more requests the US makes of Linked-In than any other…

  • Reset the Net – Don’t Ask For Your Privacy, Take It Back!

    Don’t ask for your privacy. Take it back. Make your Pledge! “On June 5, I will take strong steps to protect my freedom from government mass surveillance. I expect the services I use to do the same.”

  • PWN — The New Term In Town

    So you may have been seeing this word “pwn” in articles regarding security and hacking and thought it was a typo and it should have read “own.” Well you’re partly correct. Pwn (pronounced “powned”) “is an leetspeak (elite speak) term meaning to appropriate or to conquer or gain ownership. In hacker-ese, it means to compromise…

  • What is Two-Factor Authentication? Why Should You Care?

    What is two-factor authentication? According to Wikipedia: Two-factor authentication (TFA, T-FA or 2FA) is an approach to authentication which requires the presentation of two or more of the three authentication factors: “something the user knows”, “something the user has”, and “something the user is”. There are three generally recognized factors for authentication: something you know…

  • Taken Over

    According to Neil J. Rubenking taking over your computer remotely appears to be ridiculously, as long as you’re a bit gullible and don’t have any antivirus productions. Apparently he’s done it, along with several other tech journalists as part of a recent McAfee Consumer Journalist Day at McAfee Headquarters in Santa Clara. Each of hte…

  • A Clever Idea for Your Phone Camera

    There are a lot of things you use your phone for, but have you considered you can use it as a reminder? Using your phone camera makes remembering things a breeze. You’re at Disneyland and you’ve parked in some character’s colored section — take a snapshot of where you parked!