Cybersecurity engineers build Fort Knox, only for users to prop open the door with a rock labeled “password.” There’s a hilarious disconnect between what developers think users will do (Surely they’ll enable 2FA and memorize 20-character passphrases!) and what users[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The world is in chaos. The streets stand empty, the shelves lie bare, and humanity’s greatest fear is not only death, but running out of Clorox wipes and toilet paper. That’s when our hero (or villain, depending who you ask)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
USB drives are innocent-looking, wildly convenient, and potentially the Trojan horse of the tech world. One second you’re happily plugging in what you think is your coworker’s presentation, and the next your computer starts speaking in binary while your files[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You spot a file named ‘Photoshop_FREE_NoVirus_Promise.exe’ and think, ‘Wow, what a steal! And so legally ambiguous!’ Next thing you know, your computer sounds like a jet engine preparing for takeoff, your files have mysteriously renamed themselves to ‘PLEASE_SEND_BITCOIN.txt,’ and your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…