One of the most effective ways you can protect your computer at home is to make sure both the operating system and your applications are patched and updated. Enable automatic updating whenever possible.
Social Media Postings
Be careful: the more information you post online about yourself, the easier it is for a cyber attacker to target you and create custom attacks against you or your organization.
Monday review – the hot 24 stories of the week
From Uber collecting location data even when not in use and the new iOS lockscreen-bypassing bug to the IoT camera turning zombie in 2 mins
Apple set to deploy drones to boost Maps accuracy
It reportedly has FAA go-ahead to fly commercial drones. Indoor mapping is also in the works, but no worries: it’s not peeping-Tom time.
Researcher ‘gobsmacked’ by data breach exposing 35,000 Indian patients
Troy Hunt struggles to get a response from affected company
70 Laptops Got Left Behind At An Airport Security Checkpoint In One Month
America’s Transportation Security Administration has been making some surprising announcements on social media. An anonymous reader writes: A TSA spokesperson says 70 laptops were left behind in just one month at an airport security checkpoint in Newark. “And yes, there…
Canonical Sues Cloud Provider Over 'Unofficial' Ubuntu Images
An anonymous reader quotes OStatic’s update on Canonical’s lawsuit against a cloud provider: Canonical posted Thursday that they’ve been in a dispute with “a European cloud provider” over the use of their own homespun version of Ubuntu on their cloud…
Linux Mint 18.1 'Serena' BETA Ubuntu-based Operating System Now Available For Download
BrianFagioli shares his story on Beta News: Feeling fatigued by Windows 10 and its constant updates and privacy concerns? Can’t afford one of those beautiful new MacBook Pro laptops? Don’t forget, Linux-based desktop operating systems are just a free download…
Does Windows 10's Data Collection Trade Privacy For Microsoft's Security?
jader3rd shares an article from PC World arguing that Windows 10’s data collection “trades your privacy for Microsoft’s security.” [Anonymized] usage data lets Microsoft beef up threat protection, says Rob Lefferts, Microsoft’s director of program management for Windows Enterprise and…
Ask Slashdot: Have You Read 'The Art of Computer Programming'?
In 1962, 24-year-old Donald Knuth began writing The Art of Computer Programming, publishing three volumes by 1973, with volume 4 arriving in 2005. (Volume 4A appeared in 2011, with new paperback fascicles planned for every two years, and fascicle 6,…