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I took lots of pictures at Global Cyberlympics Awards Banquet — an event cohosted by Durham College and The Regional Municipality of Durham Region at Ajax’s newest banquet facility — Audley Recreation Complex. Big congratulations to everyone that took part in #Cyberlympics, especially to Jobless Hackers, the team from the Netherlands that won!
It’s critical for every employee of your business, or those who you trust on your network to be cyberaware, and there’s no one better to take care of this for you than cybersecurity Guru Darnley Greson II of Darn IT Group. Darnley is passionate about educating people on cyber awareness and has just launched a … Continue reading “Are You Cyber Aware? [podcast]”
Canva is an easy-to-use, graphic design web & mobile app that has gained popularity with non-designers and professionals alike. On May 24, 2019 Canva was hacked and your (cryptographically protected) password and partial credit card information may have been compromised. 3 Things you need to do! Change your password immediately on Canva Change your password … Continue reading “Time to change your Canva Password!”
I see @facebook as an #innovative hero AND victim. I believe the world needs to unite to deal with new superpowers ALL social media spaces grants users, similar to what the #EU did to drive #GDPR. What do YOU think?
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I support net neutrality, and feel strongly that Internet service providers must treat all data on the Internet the same, and not discriminate or charge differently by user, content, website, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or method of communication. I believe that Internet service providers should NOT have the power to intentionally block, slow … Continue reading “Save The Internet #NetNeutrality”
Make sure all devices and the firmware of your router are updated ASAP! This affects all modern Wi-Fi equipment, from mobile phones to tablets to workstations, routers, printers and more. This is a big deal and has very widespread security implications. Source: Wi-Fi security flaw found that lets hackers eavesdrop on your devices
With the ever- evolving development of the internet and an increase in the number of and sophistication of users, website owners should take proactive measures to insure the integrity of their site. The easiest and most cost-effective way to do this is with an SSL certification. BASIC TERMINOLOGY AND BACKGROUND HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) was … Continue reading “SSL CERTIFICATES: What they are, why you need them, and how to get started”
Currently there is a manual fix for firefox, and Chrome has released a fix in their latest ‘Canary’ test release which should be released to the general public within the next few days. Until then, if you are unsure if you are on a real site and are about to enter sensitive information, you can copy the URL … Continue reading “Chrome and Firefox Users Beware of Tricky Phishing Attack!”
Between September 22, 2016 and February 18, 2017, passwords, private messages, API keys, and other sensitive data was leaked and because data was cached by search engines, your data may have been in nafarious hands! It’s time to change your passwords again! Is your website on the list? GitHub has already compiled a list of effected domains and … Continue reading “Time to change your passwords again because ANY passwords you’ve used or stored online prior to September 22, 2016 may be in nafarious hands!”
Your data has a 2 in 3 chance of already having been stolen and it will be stolen again and again. It doesn’t matter if you use secure passwords and have two factor authentication enabled on your accounts. It doesn’t matter if you are old or young, male or female, which country you are based in … Continue reading “Security Survival Guide”
Gravatar + Gmail trick = Less spam + added protection of your email address and identity What to do to protect your email address and identity To solve the identity and spam problem that Gravatar presents, the most effective option is to use a unique email address to register on each website you are a member … Continue reading “Gravatar + Gmail trick = Less spam”
According to Threatpost, Google software engineer Ryan Sleevi announced that “Google is making Certificate Transparency mandatory for its Chrome web browser by October 2017.” What does this mean to you? This means that Google — the most popular website browser on the market today — could block your website from search results if you do … Continue reading “Google to Make Certificate Transparency Mandatory By 2017”
Take a few moments to protect your Google Account by taking the Security Checkup which Google built it to help you verify that your recovery information is up to date and that the websites, apps, and devices connected to your account are ones you still use and trust. If anything looks suspicious, you can change your settings … Continue reading “Secure your account with the Security Checkup!”
Government of Canada urges Canadians to be #WiseFi Wi-Fi is everywhere, but are you using the networks safely?
Time to change your Twitter password and visit and change your password on any other website you’ve used it on! According to TechCrunch, Twitter says it’s systems have not been breached but that … Hackers may have used malware to collect more than 32 million Twitter login credentials that are now being sold on the dark … Continue reading “32 Million Twitter Passwords May Have Been Hacked And Leaked!”
If you’ve ever had a myspace account and ever used this password on ANY other social media sites, it’s only a matter of time for you to get hacked, because those passwords — 427 million of them — are now up for sale according to TechCrunch… 360 million accounts involved. Each record contains an email … Continue reading “427 million Myspace passwords up for sale!”
When you cross the street, you look both ways to make sure it’s safe. Staying safe on the Internet is similar. It takes some common sense steps. STOP: Before you use the Internet, take time to understand the risks and learn how to spot potential problems. THINK: Take a moment to be certain the path … Continue reading “Stop Think Connect”
