To help protect yourself, always be suspicious of calls, emails, texts or any communication you receive from someone you don't know — particularly if they want money or your personal information. See below for examples of common scams and tips to be more secure. For sale, hot deal "Get...
Therefore, the way to fully secure the files on your external drive is to enable both of these features. To do this, first enable encryption on the drive by right-clicking it in the Finder and choosing the Encrypt Drive option. Supply the password to use when prompted, and then wait for...
Secure processes are the backbone of fraud prevention, and this week is about strengthening them. At this stage, after a write fraud incident, it’s time to introduce secure communication channels for wire instructions, such as encrypted emails or trusted wire verification solutions likeCertifID, t...
Another reason to use Wireshark to sniff networks is for security troubleshooting of network devices or applications. For example, you can use Wireshark to troubleshoot firewall rules. If systems running Wireshark are connected to either side of a firewall or router, you can see which packets ...
Devices and their apps have regular updates that developers create to keep them secure and working as they should. Neglecting updates could leave vulnerabilities for hackers to exploit, which is bad news for your data. Regularly check for device and software updates. Better yet, switch on automati...
To properly secure your files, you may need to create off-site backup storage and multiple copies of the files you wish to protect. According to the old Information Technology rule of thumb in backing up, create two different formats and at least three copies of data you care about and ...
to the multicastDNSservice provided by avahi, and even an IPv6-ready printer service (cupsd). The last two entries show client connections: an SSH connection and a secure web connection from the Chromium web browser. Because the output can be extensive, it’s usually best to apply a filter...
Doing this will make you significantly more secure than the majority of people, who don't do this. Understand your adversaries There's no such thing as a system being secure, only being secure against a particular adversary. This is why it's important to understand who your adversaries are,...
Electricians use a special tool called a fish tape (a stiff wire with a hooked end wound onto a spool) to thread cable through walls. If you have a fish tape, feed the tape into the cavity and out through the box hole, then secure the end of the NM cable onto the hook of the ta...
How to set up a VLAN Connect to switches using Secure Shell (SSH) orHTTPS. Network administrators can use a web-based GUI or commands at the command prompt, depending on the switch interface. Authenticate each switch, and create the VLANs according to the network map. The commands resemble...