Last week I blogged about how to work from home securely and productively. The thing that was missing from that blog was how I connect my home office up. As we are all being forced to work from home during the current health crisis, I thought I would share what I use as a seasoned... Continue Reading →
Just about everyone on the planet knows now that we have a COVID19 (Coronavirus) pandemic on our hands. However, cyber criminals are taking advantage of this current crisis, and people's fears, to spread malware. I will post a list of validated and legitimate news sources at the end of this blog. What are Cyber Criminals... Continue Reading →
Your connection to the Internet is the most vulnerable part of your online existence. It is on the edge of your network and is the front facing interface to all the major cyber threats. In particular the following common threats exist and take advantage of badly configured routers: Default settings passwords allowing someone to hack... Continue Reading →
Over the past few weeks, we have all had to consider working from home (no need to say why unless you have been living under a rock). This guidance post is about how you can work from home securely and productively. Setting up the Environment Ideally you need a room you can yourself up in,... Continue Reading →
Anyone who has traveled by aircraft will have had to go through the whole boarding pass process. However, what information does a boarding pass have on it about you and how accessible is it? A typical boarding pass has the following information printed on it: Your NameFlight Number and Airline NameDate of DepartureDeparture and Destination... Continue Reading →
In the UK there is a government initiative to have smart electricity and gas supply meters fitted to all homes by the end of 2020. At this point this is not mandatory and you can decline. However, a trick the energy companies are employing (as was recently brought o my attention by my energy supplier,... Continue Reading →
We all like our gadgets, whether they have some form of smart technology in them or not. Wearable technology is also very popular. What is wearable technology? Wearable technology is simply a technology, or device, that you can attach to your body. This can be: Smart Watches, including the non-smart kindFitness TrackersGPS TrackersEar buds/headphones particularly... Continue Reading →
It's amazing what you find on Twitter. Shortly after posting my blog on how Google indexes all of your public tweets, I came across a tweet where someone had applied for a job and the company performed an audit on his tweets. They delivered a 300+ page PDF of all his tweets including a certain... Continue Reading →
HEALTH WARNING … This is not a subject I recommend to novices and the following is provided to explain what the TOR network is and the implications of using it. It is not a recommendation to use this network. What is the TOR Network? TOR stands for 'The Onion Router' and was setup by the... Continue Reading →
Every year on the 28th January we 'celebrate' World Data Protection Day (also known also in the US as Data Privacy Day). The purpose of this day is to promote and raise awareness of online privacy and protection of personal data. There is a Wikipedia article on this if you want to read more. In... Continue Reading →
I was recently looking over the Twitter help pages for something and came across one relating to "Help with Google search visibility". Cutting a long story short, due to the high ranking of Twitter with Google, all public pages on Twitter are indexed on a regular basis by the Google search engine. This includes all... Continue Reading →
What with the current news around the events in Iran, the security level has been raised across most of the western world. With the heightened security levels, we can also expect cyber attacks from nation state actors based in Iran and the middle east on western infrastructure. This blog has been in my backlog for... Continue Reading →
