2021
What is the Commonwealth
The British Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 54 member states. Most are former territories of the British Empire, but several members have never been under British rule, such as Mozambique and Rwanda. The Commonwealth's membership spans the globe, representing 2.4 billion people, making it the world's most prominent political association after the United Nations. The Commonwealth is not a political union like the European Union, and its members are sovereign nations that retain complete control over their internal affairs. However, the member states cooperate on a range of issues, such as trade, education, and defence.
Real time precipitation alerts in IOS
Weather apps are the most downloaded category of apps in any app store. People seem to be obsessed with them. Apple delivered a ton of "hidden" improvements in iOS15 that you probably won't be able to find on your own. One such improvement is the ability to receive real-time precipitation alerts through Apple's iOS weather app. In order to enable this new functionality: Open the weather app. Tap the icon with three dots on the lower right corner of the screen
Audit the security of your IOS apps
Checkup on your IOS APPs In iOS15, IOS applications' security posture became more visible. Apple introduced a powerful tool that you may not be familiar with. Go to Settings > Privacy Click on Record App Activity at the bottom of the page The toggle should be enabled. It will record a 7-day summary of how often your apps have requested sensitive access (such as microphone, camera, domains they access, etc.). Once you have enabled it, come back a week later and be amazed.
Intro to options (options 101)
There are many different types of options that investors can trade, and each has its own unique set of pros and cons. However, options can generally be divided into two broad categories: calls and puts. Calls give the holder the right to buy an underlying asset at a specific price, while puts give the holder the right to sell an underlying asset at a specific price. There are many different factors to consider when deciding whether to buy or sell options.
How to protect your online accounts from breaches
Here's a personal suggestion that will help secure your online accounts and notify you if a service has been breached. You should first use a good password manager. I personally use 1Password. Try BitWarden if you want a free open-source alternative. Start using a unique and complex password for every site you log into online. The majority of users will use a long and unique password for each site then log in with their "main" email address. This is good, but it is better to use unique masked email addresses for each site.
The free content blocker you should be using in Safari on IOS
Apple’s Safari browser on IOS is a a solid browser but there are others that provide more privacy and tracker blocking. One of those browsers is Firefox focus. “In IOS15, Apple added support for Safari extensions on IOS. Firefox can now be used as a standalone browser or as a plugin for Safari. ” What does Firefox Focus in Safari do? Privacy It blocks known trackers such as ads, analytics and social trackers Other content trackers – this category includes embedded videos, photo slideshows, and news article embeds that could track you.
Did hackers hijack your home network DNS service?
Hackers are crafty and will use any means at their disposal to trick you or steal from you. One such technique is called DNS hijacking. DNS is the internet's phonebook. Your browser automatically converts a URL into a numerical address that can then be routed through the internet. They can redirect you anywhere they want by changing the server that resolves your DNS queries (aka your phonebook). They can inject advertisements into your browsing or trick you into installing their TLS certificate so that they can intercept traffic you think is secure (think banking, healthcare, e-commerce, etc.
Hackers are targeting your kindle
Consumers can easily become complacent when they see so much media coverage of large enterprise hacks. After all, what could a hacker gain by compromising your pc? Well it happens and it's not just your PC you should be worried about. Hackers are capable of compromising anything that is connected to a network (think cameras, baby monitors, printers, etc). One thing you need not worry about is your reliable Amazon Kindle. It's just an e-reader, after all. Kindle devices may have a flaw that could allow remote attackers to gain control of them, according to Checkpoint Research.
What is Google SmartCompose and how to turn it off in Gmail
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is slowly making its way into all aspects of our lives, whether it is profiling us on social media or making us buy that product at the perfect time on Amazon. Companies can use AI for good or evil. Google is known for search, but you may not realize that they apply AI to almost all of their products in order to help their users. Sometimes this added convenience may be at the expense of privacy. An example of this is Gmail's Smart Compose feature.
Tips to make your iPhone more secure
Our smartphones are so much more than just internet access devices. They have become extensions of our brains. They remember our friends' contact information; they help us shop; they know where we have been and where we are going. But what happens when someone gains access to this treasure trove of ultra-private information? I have written about how you can make your iPhone more secure here. This article will provide a handful of easy-to-implement tips. In dots we trust You may have noticed tiny coloured dots (green and orange) showing up on the top of your screen (upper right-hand side).
Browsers and privacy
We are going through a browser renaissance. The once stale segment has heated up with offerings from the most prominent players like Google offering Chrom and Microsoft offering Edge, all the way to small niche players like Opera, Brave and the DuckDuckGo Browser. Browsers are typically chosen for their appearance and plug-in availability, but I believe privacy should be a more prevalent concern. I am reminded of a 2004 BBC article that proclaimed, "More than 70% of people would reveal their computer password in exchange for a bar of chocolate, a survey has found.
Wormhole could be the free file transfer app Firefox Send wanted to be
Firefox Send was a fantastic tool that allowed anyone on the internet to send large files for free using encryption. Unfortunately, the bad guys started using it, and Firefox pulled the plug. The concept is simple, by visiting the service page, you upload your files, and the service provides a link that allows anyone to download the content. The challenge with most free services is that they are insecure, and most are slow (encouraging you to buy their faster service).
Billions of passwords, files and cookies were leaked
I have written about general user security several times over the last years, and the recipe is always the same: Install a good anti-malware product Make sure your applications and operating systems are patched Don't click or open unexpected or unknown links/attachments. Even with the best practices, there is malware that is stealthy enough to avoid detection. Recently security researchers from Nerdlocker followed a trail left by sloppy hackers. To everyone's surprise, they found 1.2TB of files, cookies, 900K images, 600K word files and credentials stolen from over 3M computers.
Arvin Club darknet showcase site
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Chrome extensions for the security conscious
Extensions are interesting little technical widgets. Most assume they are simply tools but some see it as art. I can learn a lot about a computer user by the browser extensions they have installed and use. As a security professional, I have a handful of security oriented extensions (in addition to the ones that make the web more usable or that save me money). I regularly receive requests from readers to list my extensions and to be honest, they often change.
More Ransomware gang tor darknet sites
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Android vulnerabilities are more vulnerable than IOS ones
The free market determines pricing based on the intersection of supply and demand. For the longest time, an IOS Full Chain Compromise with Persistence (FCP) demanded a significantly higher payout from vulnerability vendors than Android ones. This was a simple question of economics: Android had more easily exploitable vulnerabilities thus each one was worth less. On the other hand IOS was built like Fort Knox. Vulnerabilities were few and far apart and dictatorial regimes and evil doers were willing to write much bigger checks to buy those rarer exploits.
CISOs are stressed and I can prove it
Not a week goes by without some data breach, leak, hack, attack or other significant cybersecurity failures that spills all over blogs and even national media. Five years ago, only avant-garde companies invested in cybersecurity; today, it has become a must. Companies realize the importance of a solid cybersecurity plan built on the People, Process and Technology pillars. One topic rarely discussed by corporate executives or security leaders is the incredible (and growing) stress the current environment inflicts on CISOs.
How to access tor sites without the tor browser
The last couple of articles I wrote referred readers to TOR (darknet/darkweb) sites. These sites are easy to identify because the terminating marker is .onion (instead of .com/.net/org). The right way of accessing TOR sites is with the secure TOR browser designed and distributed by the TOR project. This purpose-built browser uses a hardened firefox to deliver maximum anonymity while browsing the "normal" web or tor sites. There may be times when you are on a device that doesn't have the TOR browser and when speed is more important than privacy or security.
Popular Ransomware Darknet showcase websites
The recent explosion of breaches by the CL0P Ransomware gang has renewed an interest in the darkweb showcase sites used by these threat actors to prove that they successfully broken into a company and to encourage victims to pay, Many have asked me to share some of these site and I was always hesitant. I recently learned that some “consultants” are charging customers to provide these publicly available links, which is wrong. Most of these are on the TOR darkweb so you will have to use a TOR browser or VPN that bridges to TOR.