Yesterday Twitter announced on their blog that they have fallen victim to a recent hacking attempt during which a suspected 250,000 Twitter accounts were compromised. Twitter have confirmed that the hack was successful to a degree and although a very small proportion of their user base was affected, those that were had details like their username, email address, session key and an encrypted vers... »
Artice by Phil Chapman, Windows 8 Instructor at Firebrand Training Without doubt, one of the most widespread security concerns for any network – regardless of size – is protection from malicious software and spyware. The varying degrees of potential attacks from the likes of viruses, worms and Trojan Horses leave most users totally confused and paranoid. As with most security; preventi... »
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Many people use encryption on a daily basis, it’s an extremely useful tool especially when you need to transfers sensitive data over insecure means like email. There are many tools available that can encrypt portions of your hard drive, or even your whole hard drive – TrueCrypt for example. But what if you don’t need to encrypt your whole drive, or even portions of your drive? ... »
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Getting a virus on a Windows machine today is very easy to do but there are some things you can do in order to help reduce the risk of getting infected whilst online. I’ve been using Windows in one form or another since Windows 1995 and in that time I can’t remember a single time were I have had a significant infection on any of my machines. That’s great huh? But you want to kno... »
WordPress is a CMS (Content Management System) that is used by millions of websites and blogs all over the world such as CNN, NY Times, OMG! Ubuntu! and of course RefuGeeks. With so much time and effort going into managing a website or blog, especially when it’s done by one main person like myself for RefuGeeks or Joey Sneddon at OMG! Ubuntu! it’s extremely important to protect your as... »
LastPass is a great tool that completely manages all of your account passwords, secure notes and even personal details like credit card information. It’s massively powerful and I would literally be lost without it. I wrote an article all about LastPass a few months ago, this should tell you everything you need to know about LastPass if you don’t know already. The awesome service that L... »
Any one who uses Ubuntu will know that during the installation of Ubuntu you have the option to encrypt your home folder. This is all well and good but it means that only your home folder is encrypted which means, should your machine fall into the wrong hands your system can still be booted up. In the Ubuntu 12.10 Beta, there is now an option to encrypt the whole of the disk before installation. I... »
I while back I wrote about how ex-gizmodo writer Mat Honan had his online persona hijacked and erased by hackers. This all could have been prevented if he had bolstered the security on his Google account before the hackers managed to get in. To do this, he needed 2-Factor Authentication. What is 2-Factor Authentication? Well, 2-Factor Authentication (2-FA) is basically a constantly changing second... »