Archive for the ‘Security’ Category

Worst Passwords Used in 2011

Here is a list of the top 25 worst passwords provided by Smart Balance. Needless to say if you have any of these please change it… 1. password 2. 123456 3. 12345678 4. qwerty 5. abc123 6. monkey 7. 1234567 8. letmein 9. trustno1 10. dragon 11. baseball 12. 111111 13. iloveyou 14. master 15. [...]

Smart Phone Privacy Alert

We received an email about a possible Privacy concern with smart phones. It seems as though most smart phones have GPS capabilities. What most people don’t know is that GPS tracking is enabled by default on your apps as well which includes photos etc… Check out this video from NBC. Basically your phone adds GPS [...]

Gone Phishing…

in the words of another Alfred: “What, Me Worry?” When it comes to your online security and privacy, you should worry. Phishing…you probably read that word and scoffed “Not me, I’d never fall for the Nigerian Prince scam or the old phony link trick.” Well, you’re in good company. Cory Doctorow, author and co-founder of [...]