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Lara-Mendez Julian

Beware of What Google Home and Alexa Listen To

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-apps-on-alexa-or-google-home-can-spy-or-steal-passwords/ PSA: Don’t put your Google Home/Alexa near a window from homeautomation
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Careers in Cybersecurity

Have you considered a career in Cybersecurity? It is a fast-paced, highly dynamic field with a huge number of specialties to choose from, including...
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Bluetooth

Turn off Bluetooth if you are not using it on your computer or device. Not only does this make it more secure, but it...
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Looking for a VPN Service? 

When it comes to looking for the best VPN service, it’s important to background check those providing you the service. Free services such as...
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Your Computer May be A Spy/ Command and Control Traffic

Malicious actors operate command-and-control (C&C/C2) servers to communicate with the victim’s devices. These C2 servers communicate with the victim’s devices, giving them instructions to...
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Malicious Social Networking: Koobface Worm

The popularity of social networking, such as Facebook and Twitter has sky-rocketed in recent years. This popularity hasn’t gone unnoticed to malcode authors who...
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Top 5 Malicious Spyware Actions

Disabling antivirus and antispyware tools: To prevent disinfection, some spyware disables antivirus and antispyware tools to lengthen the time the attacker can control the...
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Back Up Your Files

Eventually, we all have an accident or get hacked. And when we do, backups are often the only way to recover. Backups are cheap...
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The Five Worst Security Mistakes End Users Make

Failing to install anti-virus, keep its signatures up to date, and apply it to all files. Opening unsolicited e-mail attachments without verifying their source...
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Smart Home Devices

Nowadays most of us have numerous devices in our homes connected to the Internet. From thermostats and gaming consoles to baby monitors, door locks...
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