If you need to find a free solution to encrypt file or email, Gpg4win (GNU Privacy Guard for Windows) may be more than enough encryption than what you need. It is a free software and pretty straightforward to install. Before you can use it though, you need to create a key pair first and this may be confusing to beginners. Here are the steps to generate a key pair in GPG4Win Kleopatra: Launch … [Read more...]
Live Cyber Attacks Map
A live cyber attacks map from various companies may give you a different outlook on Internet security. Fire Eye Cyber Threat Map No longer available The explanation from Norse Security's website: "Every second, Norse collects and analyzes live threat intelligence from darknets in hundreds of locations in over 40 countries. The attacks shown are based on a small subset of live flows … [Read more...]
Heartbleed Bug, What You Need to Do
For the past two years (since March 2012), millions of websites may have been leaking sensitive data due to a major flaw in the OpenSSL software that are used to encrypt and transmit Internet data. The Heartbleed bug as called by the researchers who discovered it, would enable hackers to obtain a compromised site's encryption keys, which makes all passing data basically available for them to … [Read more...]
How to Activate Google 2-Step Verification
With a huge increase in email accounts getting hacked, you need more than just a strong password to protect them. Fortunately for Gmail users, Google provides a "2-step verification" that will tell you by either sending a text message to your registered cell phone if someone tries to gain access to your email. This feature has been out for a while but many people are still not aware about it. … [Read more...]