Internet of Things?
Have you tried to buy a refrigerator lately? When someone at a local appliance store told me that the new Samsung refrigerator can connect to the Internet and show me all the recipes for Lasagna and recommend the best ingredients
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If You’ve Been Hacked..
What To Do If You’ve Been Hacked We recently published an article giving some advice on how to bolster your security by using multi factor authentication to supplement the security provided by your password. But what if it’s too late?
Passwords Again?
Passwords Again? Over the years, PSMail has published several articles and much advice on creating strong passwords and on the benefits of supplementing them with our two-factor authentication. So you might be asking, “Why another article on passwords?” Here’s a
Security ☯ Convenience
When it comes to internet security and data protection, you’ve probably heard the debate between convenience and security. It seems that an increase in the one tends to diminish the other. This conundrum is nothing new, of course. As a matter of
Securing Home Wi-fi
Securing Home Wi-fi network We all like convenience, don’t we? Rubbing sticks together to make fire? No thank you, we much prefer pushing a button on our microwave to warm up our leftover mac and cheese. Write a letter? With
Internet Invisibility
Internet Invisibility (Sort Of) Have you ever wished you could be invisible? To move about without anyone knowing where you are or where you have been? Sure, hailing your waitress might be difficult, but think of the security advantages! No
Privacy battle
Privacy Battle There was a time when protecting your privacy was a much simpler task. Things like “don’t tell strangers your bank account information” and “keep unwanted visitors from snooping around your house” seemed pretty straightforward. Now, however, protecting your privacy is
Social Engineering
Let’s say you’re sitting at a coffee shop working on your laptop and a friendly but frustrated patron comes over to your table. He had a coupon for the cafe, he tells you, but it’s in his email and he
Kids and the Internet
Kids and the Internet Sometimes, it’s not what we do online that brings the greatest threat, it’s what our kids do, often unwittingly. It’s amazing how quickly little kids pick up on technology! From toddlers to teens, touch screens, mobile
Dangerously Mobilized?
Dangerously Mobilized? Mobile phone technology seems to advance on a daily (or hourly!) basis. We’ve come a long way from the bulky, holstered cell phones of old. So far, in fact, that mobile devices barely resemble phones at all. Nor