Hacking and ransomware have turned into an internationally profitable business for criminals and are expected to become a larger, and larger problem.  We must take necessary steps to avoid become victims ourselves. We can begin by covering 5 primary areas to help protect our assets. They include antivirus, backups, email, router, and the computer state. […]

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Your router will periodically have updates during its lifespan. While some are to fix bugs or flaws, many others include security updates which are necessary to help protect against hackers. Many (if not most) off-the-shelf models must be updated manually by logging into the router and either downloading and installing the update or searching for,

This article talks about the the time it takes to do a “brute force” attack on a password, and notes that short passwords can be compromised in seconds in specific types of password attacks. In general, the longer the better, especially when adding numbers and punctuation to the password. https://digg.com/2020/password-difficulty-hacking

Here’s an article about smart speakers and the legal systems use of them, sometimes for their owners and sometimes against their owners from Wired magazine. https://www.wired.com/story/star-witness-your-smart-speaker/?utm_source=pocket-newtab