The form of post content such as an article or book.
Word to the Wise: A router comes configured with many vendor default settings. Many of these settings are public knowledge and make your router susceptible to attacks. Remember to change your router default log-in password during your initial setup!
Home Network Security Read More Computers are an essential part of our everyday lives. It’s important to properly configure your home or work computer before connecting it to the internet to keep it, and your information, secure.
Before You Connect a New Computer to the Internet Read More “Actually, the issue is not that cybersecurity extends beyond computers; it is that computers extend beyond traditional laptops and desktops. Many electronic devices are computers—from cell phones and tablets to video games and car navigation systems.”
Cybersecurity for Electronic Devices Read More “Internet of Things: One way to look at it — Smart Home, Smart Assistant, Smart City, Smart Car, Smart Device — anything “Smart.”” CISA Security Tip – Securing the Internet of Things DHS, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA Security …
Securing the Internet of Things Read More “While environmental considerations are important, this is about your Data! The cell phone may be old and worthless to you, but your contact list and whatever else you have on your phone has value to criminals.”
—WWD Webmaster
“Yes, I realize that’s an ambitious title for a blog post about staying secure online, but there are a handful of basic security principles that — if followed religiously — can blunt the majority of malicious threats out there today.”
Krebs’s 3 Basic Rules for Online Safety Read More
“While this is beyond the scope of the average daily home-user, it nonetheless provides good information about what you can do to minimize your chances of your computer becoming infected. You can benefit from it even if you don’t understand everything in it.”
—WWD Webmaster
“Threats to your computer will continue to evolve. Although you cannot eliminate every hazard, by using caution, installing and using antivirus software, and following other simple security practices, you can significantly reduce your risk and strengthen your protection against malicious code.”
Protecting Against Malicious Code Read More “Children present unique security risks when they use a computer—not only do you have to keep them safe, you have to protect the data on your computer. By taking some simple steps, you can dramatically reduce the threats. ”
Keeping Children Safe Online Read More How to report online criminal activity including incidents, phishing attempts, malware, and vulnerabilities to federal United States agencies.
Reporting Cyber Incidents, Phishing, Malware or Vulnerabilities Read More “Children present unique security risks when they use a computer—not only do you have to keep them safe, you have to protect the data on your computer. By taking some simple steps, you can dramatically reduce the threats. ”
Cyber Safety for Students Read More “Mobile apps may gather information from your mobile device for legitimate purposes, but these tools may also put your privacy at risk. Protect your data by being smart with the apps you install and reviewing the permissions each app has.”
Privacy and Mobile Device Apps Read More
“There are an overwhelming number of cyber security strategies published that tailor to all sorts of infrastructures, market categories and cyber threats. The ACSC has compiled a list of mitigation strategies that organisations can use as starting points to improve …
Essential Eight Explained Read More
For the first time, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower tells the inside story of the data mining and psychological manipulation behind the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit referendum, connecting Facebook, WikiLeaks, Russian intelligence, and international hackers.
Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America Read More
FRONTLINE investigates the promise and perils of artificial intelligence, from fears about work and privacy to rivalry between the U.S. and China. The documentary traces a new industrial revolution that will reshape and disrupt our lives, our jobs and our world, and allow the emergence of the surveillance society.
In the Age of AI Read More
The New York Times, September 26, 2019
By Davey Alba and Adam Satariano
“Despite increased efforts by internet platforms like Facebook to combat internet disinformation, the use of the techniques by governments around the world is growing, according to a report released Thursday by researchers at Oxford University. Governments are spreading disinformation to discredit political opponents, bury opposing views and interfere in foreign affairs.”
At Least 70 Countries Have Had Disinformation Campaigns, Study Finds Read More
Little Cottonwood Canyon is a unique environment. Weather is often intense during the Winter and avalanches are of course a major concern. This page provides a variety of information sources so that you can be well informed of current conditions in the canyon. Included are resources from Alta & Snowbird, National Weather Service, Utah Avalanche Center, Utah Dept. of Transportation & Unified Police Greater Salt Lake.
Little Cottonwood Canyon Weather & Avalanche Information Read More
Communications of the ACM, August 2019
By Emilio Ferrara
“In this article, I will briefly review the history of digital spam: starting from its quintessential incarnation, spam emails, to modern-days forms of spam affecting the Web and social media, the survey will close by depicting future risks associated with spam and abuse of new technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (e.g., Digital Humans).”
The History of Digital Spam Read More
In AI Superpowers, Kai-fu Lee argues powerfully that because of these unprecedented developments in AI, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of us expected. Indeed, as the US-Sino AI competition begins to heat up, Lee urges the US and China to both accept and to embrace the great responsibilities that come with significant technological power.
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order Read More
Automation is putting process into code. A bullet list in a process document is code if it is treated that way.
Documentation Is Automation Read More