Category Archives: Security

Adblockers are the new AntiVirus

Posted on June 19, 2018 by

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 →

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My Mobile Phone is Sacrosanct

Posted on March 27, 2018 by

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 , , | 4 Comments

Good browsing habits gone bad

Posted on November 24, 2017 by

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 →

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Using DNS for Security – Comodo Dome Shield

Posted on November 12, 2017 by

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 →

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CUJO Firewall: Approach with Caution

Posted on September 3, 2017 by

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 →

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Whole-home Internet Security

Posted on September 3, 2017 by

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 →

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A call for EMET Lite

Posted on March 16, 2014 by

Often I make suggestions to Microsoft privately, occasionally I do so publicly.  I’m doing this one publicly to generate broader discussion and hopefully a consensus.  I already mentioned this on Twitter a few weeks ago, but the full discussion requires … Continue reading →

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