Cyberflashing on planes and trains
iPhone users on airplanes and even trains are increasingly assaulted by images that are ‘air dropped’ from nearby passengers, according to USA TODAY. Air…
Category: Technology
Hyper-realistic phishing and ransomware schemes
A spate of hyper-realistic phishing and ransomware schemes masquerade as customers. Typically, targets get an email from a customer in their database. The…
Phishing attacks get more sophisticated
Click a link. Download a file. And that’s where the trouble begins. Phishing attacks by email or social media attempt to lure you into revealing a…
Mac: The missing ‘Save As’ found
In Mac’s Text Edit and other apps, menus no longer feature the ‘Save As’ option on the File menu. Annoying. However, you can bring it back for one use or…
Google Glass finds space in industry
Technicians in aerospace, warehousing and even training, often need both hands free while they reference printed materials or communicate with others. And…
Don’t use these iPhone PINs
Here are the most common PINs. More than 25 percent of hacked iPhones use these, according to Cult of Mac. 1234 1111 0000 1212 7777 1004 2000 4444 2222…
Beware these email phishing attempts
Seen lately in the wild are these phishing attempts: * Funny and fake: The director of the FBI needs your help for wiretapping the Internet! Evidently…
Using Internet Explorer can be dangerous, experts say
You probably know that Microsoft is no longer updating Internet Explorer, in favor of Microsoft Edge. But switching to another browser is not just a…
Facebook quizzes: Think before taking one
Facebook quizzes, polls, and trivia games are fun to take, but some are schemes to steal your profile, hack your identity, or just send spam. Suppose you…
Book Review: The writers of code guide modern life
In the early 1990s, the young men and women who would become known as coders reveled in systems. They wrote notes to each other in binary, the language of…