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11 Holiday Cybersecurity Tips To Keep You Safe Online
Don’t Let Hackers Turn Your Winter Wonderland Into A Winter Bummerland!
From our friends at CISA and the Better Business Bureau, here are some excellent tips to stay safer online this Holiday Season.
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A Universal Threat Model For Online Adults
A Universal Threat Model For Online Adults
What can go wrong on the Internet, and what can you do about it?
A Threat Model — why should I care?
If you ask yourself 4 simple questions, your likelihood of success increases.
#ThreatModel
#Cybersecurity
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Brilliant At The Basics Of Cybersecurity: Part 5: Multi-Factor Authentication (FDA)
Turning On Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Will Massively Increase Your Online Security
Passwords alone won't protect your bank account, 401(k), or email. You need multi-factor authentication (MFA).
Which option is best?
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Brilliant At The Basics Of Cybersecurity Part 3: Use A High-Quality Password Manager
The Passwords Of The Past don’t keep us safe online anymore.
Making up passwords on the fly simply won’t protect your online accounts like it did before. You need a Modern Password.
How do you make a Modern Password?
Use a high-quality Password Manager.
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Brilliant At The Basics Of Cybersecurity Part 2: Let's Explore Modern Passwords
Is there really anything new or different to say about passwords?
☑️ Hamilton in theaters this month.
☑️ The tech of that era.
☑️ Why one cybersecurity researcher abandoned a successful body of work.
☑️ The "funeral" that came went, but we didn't get an invite.
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5 Simple Cybersecurity Tips To Keep You Safe Online
Staying safe online doesn’t have to be hard or complicated. One by one, you can master The Basics of cybersecurity.
You have the power to keep yourself safer online!
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A photo of a broken cellphone. Text to the left of the phone reads: Their Business Repaired Broken Phones. Now Their Entire Business Is Broken. Text to the right of the phone reads: 3 Hackers Destroyed Einhaus Group
Hackers Now Striking Death Blows To Successful Companies
The Einhaus Group was once a familiar name in Germany.
Then 3 Digital Kleptos™ hacked their network, encrypting all their contracts, billing, and communication data, devastating the business.
www.digitalkleptos.com/p/hackers-no...
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The Woman Who Smashed Codes
A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies
Before “cybersecurity” there was “information security.”
This NPR Book of the Year is a thoroughly enjoyable, great read!
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Cybersecurity Is A Form Of Wealth
Mark Zuckerberg Is Building A Huge Bunker On His 2,300-Acre Fortified Estate in Hawaii
But you don't need to spend $300M to protect what you've earned.
An underground bunker twice the size of a typical U.S. home won't protect us from hacking or online fraud.
www.digitalkleptos.com/p/mark-zucke...
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We've been using the Internet for 30+ years. What could possibly go wrong?
We’re living through an explosion of online crimes against the public with hackers going after every age group.
What’s the best practical cybersecurity solution for most online users?
www.digitalkleptos.com/p/the-intern...
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Hackers Took Advantage Of One Crappy Password To Destroy This 158-Year-Old Company
We almost never hear of a business completely destroyed by Digital Kleptos™.
But that's what happened when this business failed at The Basics of Business Cybersecurity.
www.digitalkleptos.com/p/hackers-to...
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Imagine you publish an article in a technical journal detailing your research results. How far beyond the technical “bubble” would that message travel? How many people would see it?
Why did this cyber story resonate so strongly with the general public?
www.digitalkleptos.com/p/solving-th...
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Check out this really cool Faraday cage for your car keyfobs
We need to tell cybersecurity stories more persuasively to a much wider audience.
How? By finding common ground with people, and working with consumer perception and behavior.
www.digitalkleptos.com/p/check-out-...
Fight the Power: Use a VPN as a Protest
In the U.S. your ISP has the right to sell your personal information, including your browser history, to any individual or corporation.
One effective solution is to use a high-quality Virtual Private Network (VPN).
www.digitalkleptos.com/p/fight-the-...
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One Bad Password vs. A 24-Year-Old Business
He spent 24 years building his business. One bad password and a ransomware attack blew it to smithereens.
Fran watched helplessly as hackers encrypted all his files.
How could this happen?
www.digitalkleptos.com/p/one-bad-pa...
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Psycho Bunny To The Rescue (in a $10,000 Fraud Case)
Hackers ripped off Avery Hartmans for $10,000. Her credit card company didn't come to her rescue, and they didn’t even believe the charges were fraudulent.
www.digitalkleptos.com/p/psycho-bun...
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Digital Kleptos™ Are Actively Stealing Our Accounts, Our Money — And Our Peace of Mind
How do we beat these Digital Kleptomaniacs™ at their own game?
We need to tell cybersecurity stories more persuasively to a much wider audience.
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