The 25 Worst Passwords of 2016 Keeper Security, makers of a password manager, analyzed over 10 million passwords to come up with this list of the 25 worst passwords of 2016. According to Keeper Security, these 25 worst passwords accounted for about 50% of all passwords analyzed. We hope you don’t find any passwords you use on this… Read More »
9 out of 10 Phishing Emails Distribute Ransomware We’ve been asked many times how people get ransomware, so we thought it might be a good idea to write an article about ransomware and how it’s distributed – and why it’s spreading like wildfire. Ransomware is everywhere these days, so it’s becoming harder and harder to hide from it.… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Premium Issue #691 Cloudeight InfoAve Premium Newsletter, Issue #691, January 6, 2017 is available online right now. If you’re not yet a subscriber, you can get a free subscription here. We NEVER share your email address with anyone! We’d love to welcome you as a new subscriber. Here are some of the things we feature in… Read More »
Shodan – Search Engine for the IoT As most of you know, Google, Bing, Yahoo and other popular search engines, crawl the Web looking web pages, images and other types of files. But there are other types of search engines too. Today, we’re going to tell you about a search engine for the IoT (Internet of Things), called “Shodan”.… Read More »
Popcorn Time or Et Tu Brute? There’s a new ransomware making the rounds. It’s called “Popcorn Time”. Like all ransomware, it locks your personal files using file encryption and then demands a ransom in order to unlock your files. Unless you pay the ransom — or find the right decrypter – you can’t access your own files. The… Read More »
Don’t Fall for the ScanGuard Scam We are still getting emails from people who write asking about ScanGuard. A few weeks ago, we wrote an article about ScanGuard, but legitimate tech sites are advertising ScanGuard now, and many of you think because you saw it advertised on a legitimate tech site, that ScanGuard is also legitimate. What it… Read More »