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Monday, June 22, 2020

Working from home and Security

Posting photographs on social media while you are on vacation has always had its own set of risks, like tipping off thieves with the knowledge your home is vacant. There are also a number of things to consider before posting any photographs of your at home office. READ MORE >>

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Are you smart enough to avoid falling prey to a phone scam?

This is one of the best stories we have seen and a reminder to always be alert. Decca Aitkenhead is a journalist at the Times in London and won the interviewer of the year prize at the British Journalism Awards.   In between exhaustion from her award and the pressure of a story deadline, she took a phone call. READ MORE >>

Monday, November 18, 2019

An Artificial- intelligence first: Voice-mimicking software reportedly used in a major theft

This is exactly what we have been worried about.  Many banks and financial institutions have a policy in place to confirm all wire requests with a phone call.  What happens when AI can mimic a voice? READ MORE >>

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Thursday, September 19, 2019

The Venmo scam you should know about

Venmo users – Beware of any text messages with a link to log in to cancel a withdrawal which appears to be fraudulent. The problem is that there isn’t an unauthorized withdrawal and the link to log in looks like the Venmo screen and will take your login credentials to hack into your Venmo account. READ MORE >>

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Thursday, August 22, 2019

A Burglary Ring Used Social Media to Target Wealthy Art Collectors. Should You Think Twice Before Posting Your Picasso?

If you are concerned about the loss of privacy when posting on social media consider that sophisticated criminals are using social media to identify and target their victims as reported in this story about a burglary ring in Houston. READ MORE >>

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Don’t Count on Government to Protect Your Privacy

There are calls for the government to regulate data in the digital world.  Kevin McCarthy, the House Minority Leader suggests looking to technologies like blockchain to maintain the privacy of data. READ MORE >>

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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

These Ads Think They Know You

Those digital cookies that innocently pop up when you are browsing on the web used to seem helpful or annoying depending on the user.  Now there is a lot of discussion about how targeted ads can influence  beliefs and manipulate behavior and even worse, how ... READ MORE >>

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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

New FireEye Email Threat Report Underlines the Rise in Malware-less Email Attacks

FireEye released an article on email threats and here are some of the highlights: •Relative to malware-based attacks, Mondays and Wednesdays were most common•Malware-less attacks were most likely to occur on a Thursday including domain name spoofing and at... READ MORE >>

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Monday, July 1, 2019

What Game of Thrones Can Teach You About Data Breaches

Keeping the series finale of Games of Thrones a secret was pivotal to the show’s enormous success. HBO managed to keep hackers out and the ending a surprise to everyone even with the enormous target on its back. Click here to read more.   READ MORE >>

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Chartwellian in the news, Rebecca Woan interviewed in the WSJ

  Chartwellian in the news, Rebecca Woan interviewed on monitoring your child’s internet usage. Fascinating article about the benefits and draw backs.  Thank you @wsj for the wonderful feature.  Safe Space or Police State: How Far Should You Go in Monitoring Your Kids Online? READ MORE >>

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