Security best practice

All credit card PIN numbers in the World leaked

Don’t make these five security mistakes

Everyone knows it's not safe out there in cyberspace. Your privacy and your money are at risk all the time if you don't know and practice safe computing. In particular, five security mistakes can really set you up for disaster.

Honest Geek prevents potentional personal data disaster

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Carry your passwords in your wallet

How to protect your password manager?

If the bad guys already know how to get your "clever" passwords, what kind of password do you put on your password manager? You can't risk their getting...

And you thought I was joking!

My last post, "Humor: Only an idiot...," was a poke at the lighter side of password security, particularly ridiculously easy-to-guess passwords. Unfortunately, it is an all-to-common habit even for the...

Forget all those clever password creation tips: The bad guys know them all

We must be careful about what we do on the internet: Part 3

We must be careful about what we do on the internet: Part 2

We must be careful about what we do on the internet: Part 1

As a network admin at Antonelli College, one of my duties is making sure that the students are fully briefed on safe browsing practice. It's always nice when one of their peers gives us a hand. Hunter Mitchell, a student worker at the Hattiesburg, Mississippi campus came up with a very good summary...