I didn’t mention it in my previous post “Usable Browser Privacy & Security” but another Firefox plug-in I normally use is the popular online LastPass password manger. Well, the other day I noticed a new feature but hadn’t seen much discussion of it within the security community. Yes, I use LastPass and find it...
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There have been a few articles over the past week describing some general suggestions on protecting mobile devices. Coincidentally, I’ve been doing some research on advice we could provide “average” everyday iPhone users on this topic and these articles confirmed much of what I’ve found. Yeah, we could consider using one of the newfangled...
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In a previous post I talked about one aspect of making sure URLs you visit are safe. While writing that post, I started thinking about what I do and would recommend to browse securely while still keeping the experience usable. Of course the “usable” requirement here means excluding efforts such using a separate computer...
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Yeah, you read the title right. It’s based on an article I read the other day titled “Scrub Your PC Clean: Remove Malware in 4 Easy Steps” on Gizmodo. The article mostly focused on Windows-based malware caught through web browsing. I’d also say it was probably more than four steps – yeah maybe four...
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I’m a big fan of the Dailydave email list … always great discussions going on over there. Well, this afternoon I received my monthly “mailing list memberships reminder” from their Mailman service and I had my usual reaction. Why the f$#@ are they emailing my password? For being a security-focused group it would seem...
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You know … periodically you get an email or tweet with a link in it. Doesn’t happen that often, right? Should you click on the link or not? Of course we all know to copy the URL from the source, paste it into the address bar directly, and look for a seal like the...
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Last week the SecTechno Information Security Blog brought to my addition some new home security guidelines in their article “NSA Presents ‘Best Practices for Keeping Your Home Network Secure’“. If you are an infosec pro, there’s nothing new here however it is a great little eight page reference on what home users should consider...
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Securing Internet Explorer’s (IE) Zones can go a long way toward protecting your non-technical family and friends from malicious web sites.
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