Ransomware: it’s in the news daily, and the reports are increasingly dire. This escalation is not a figment of your imagination because both the frequency and the severity of ransomware attacks have grown worse, particularly…
After so many years working in Internet infrastructure, advising and counseling clients on service options and best practices, I’ve come to the not-very-startling conclusion that everyone hates dealing with cybersecurity. People’s feelings about cybersecurity fall…
Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a workhorse of remote connectivity, allowing users and administrators to connect to the desktops of far-flung machines and perform tasks as if they were sitting directly in front of…
Before this past weekend, relatively few people had heard of Parler. That changed rapidly, and by the following Monday, Parler was big news for all the wrong reasons. A quick recap: Parler was a social…
Less than 60 years ago, the computer password was developed for the first time-sharing operating system. Sophisticated hacking networks and password-cracking programs didn’t exist in that time, so passwords could be relatively simple and easily…