A common tech support trope is asking the customer “did you trying turning it off and back on again?” Quite often that will reset an misbehaving system. But it can also completely purge malware. Let me explain. The Power of Rebooting Electronic devices often have some sort of state information. What mode am I in? […]
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Connecting all our stuff to the internet – making devices “smart” – brings with it a lot of risks. Besides the more obvious cybersecurity vulnerabilities, these devices are also collecting a lot of personal data, offsetting razor thin profit margins by monetizing our data. In most cases, we can limit this data exfiltration using outbound
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[This is the 3rd in a 4-part series – part 1, part 2, part 4] At this point, we’ve done a thorough inventory of our network devices (Scan) and we’ve taken the opportunity to get rid of any devices that we no longer need or at least disabled the smart features if we don’t need
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[This is the 2nd in a 4-part series – part 1, part 3, part 4] At this point, we’ve tackled maybe the hardest part of improving the security of our home network: we’ve enumerated all the smart devices connected to our router. Before we go any further, we should stop and take the opportunity to
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[This is the 1st in a 4-part series – part 2, part 3, part 4] I’ve written several articles about securing aspects of your home network over the years. But after my recent interview with Josh Corman, I decided that I wanted to revisit this topic and approach the subject a little more methodically. This
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Security isn’t just about preventing bad things from happening. While it’s always better to avoid breaches and malware, you have to also be prepared to diminish damage when they happen. One of the best, time-tested strategies for mitigating the effects of a break-in is compartmentalization. Submarine compartments all have water-tight doors that can be sealed
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