Secure Your Phone

Lance Whitney directs how to secure your mobile phone .

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Mobile Phone Security

Lance Whitney offers suggestions to improve mobile phone security .

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Google Chrome Browser Security

J. R. Raphael gives the rundown on how to increase security when using the Google Chrome browser.

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Easily Report Defective Sites

Gregg Keizer reports on a Google Chrome add-on which allows users to report deceptive sites . The app can be downloaded from the Chrome e-store.

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GPS Spoofing

Elias Groll reports on a study of Russian spoofing of GPS systems with mobile transponders when President Putin travels to foreign nations. It is assumed this is done to reduce the possibility of drone attacks on the Russian President.

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Disable Internet Explorer

Jason Evangelho warns that Internet Explorer can be a vector for attacks on the security of your PC, even if you never use the browser . Evangelho shares instructions from Microsoft for disabling the browser if you are using Windows 10:

Press the Windows logo key+R to open the Run box.
Type appwiz.cpl, and then select OK.
In the the Programs and Features item, select Turn Window features on or off.
In the Windows Features dialog box, locate the entry for the installed version of Internet Explorer. For example, locate the Internet Explorer 11 entry. Then, clear the check box.
Select OK to commit the change.
Restart the computer.

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iPhone Security

Michael Grothaus says that Apple products are inherently more secure than the competitor's offerings.

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Top Travel Worries

Loren Edelstein lists the concerns of travelers .

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HTTP:// Sites Will Be Marked as "Insecure"

Barry Schwartz notes that in September, Chrome will mark all sites with the HTTP:// prefix as inscecure .

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Apple iPhone and Health Apps

Johnny Evans explains the security built into the iphone making it a suitable tool for medical data.

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Email Security Protocols

David Strom explains three email protocols for keeping an enterprise email server secure: DMARC, SPF, and DKIM .

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Web Security

Johannes Beus suggests that more than half of all Web traffic uses secure (https) web sites.

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Laptop Security in International Travel

Computerworld provides security tips for those crossing international borders with their PC or Windows laptop. (Note that this is a video, without supporting text).

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Android for Travelers

Richard Hoffman provides tips on keeping your data secure when traveling overseas.

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Security and Productivity Tools

Ann Bednarz shares enterprise security and productivity tools.

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Software Vulnerablities

Lucian Constantin reviews the exposed vulnerabilities of Apple and PC software .

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Microsoft Windows 10 Security

Blair Hanley Frank explains new security features being including in the new release of Windows 10.

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Insecure Webcams

Ms. Smith notes that the United States has the greatest number of security cameras that are known to be insecure. The figure is provided by insecam , which tracks the number of insecure webcameras in the United States (and in the world).

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Security Perils

Robert McCarthy points out the corporate or individual mindsets which allows hackers to steal:

1. Lazy
2. Unqualified
3. Naive
4. Cheap
5. Hubris

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Default Passwords Should Be Changed

Ms. Smith observes that default passwords should always be changed if privacy is needed. She cites Paul Moore, who exposed how default passwords were a flaw in a major corporation's security efforts.

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