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Category Archives: Security
DMARC or Die
It’s time to get serious about adopting DMARC. Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Phishing, Privacy, Security
Tagged DMARC, malware, Phishing, SPAM
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The Big Non-Hack?
This week Bloomberg Businessweek (BBW) published “The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies” which claimed that 30 companies, most notably Apple and Amazon Web Services, had servers using hacked Chinese-made motherboards from U.S. manufacturer … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, AWS, Cloud, Computer and Internet, Security
Tagged Supermicro
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Keezel – Another Internet Security Device
I’m always on the search for new security tools, and this time my hunt took me to Keezel. For full disclosure, I liked the concept so much I made a token investment in Keezel via crowdfunding site StartEngine. Keezel is … Continue reading
Adblockers are the new AntiVirus
Back in November I wrote a blog entry about good browsing habits being insufficient to protect you from malware. Here is an update. This week I had three brushes with malware, all three having to do with news aggregators. One … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security, Windows
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My Mobile Phone is Sacrosanct
Sorry for my absence the last few weeks, I’ve been rather busy with a move. I’ll try to get back to regular blogging, and I have a huge backlog of topics. Here is a short one, the importance of my … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Mobile, Security
Tagged 2FA, Authentication, two-factor authentication
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Good browsing habits gone bad
We always think that the best protection against web-distributed malware is to exercise caution while browsing. But what if you aren’t even browsing in the classic sense, and an application renders a malware infested page? I found out this morning. … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Security, Windows
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Using DNS for Security – Comodo Dome Shield
I’ve written a number of times about DNS offerings that allow for increased security. Blocking you from going to a website that does a drive-by download of malware, blocking phishing sites, blocking your IoT devices from talking to a BOT … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
Tagged CenturyLink, Comodo Dome Shield, EERO, PPPoE
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CUJO Firewall: Approach with Caution
In my previous post I did an introduction to whole-home Internet security. For the last few months I’ve been trying to get one of the early devices in this category, the CUJO working. I have now tried CUJO in two … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
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Whole-home Internet Security
Over the next several months I’ll be returning to blogging about one of my favorite topic areas, Internet Security and Privacy. For this post I’ll do some background on the new generation of whole-home internet security devices. Then I’ll do … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
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