How is your cybersecurity?

[August]

You all might want to take this article to heart before it happens to you. :nope:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/all/

In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed. First my Google account was taken over, then deleted. Next my Twitter account was compromised, and used as a platform to broadcast racist and homophobic messages. And worst of all, my AppleID account was broken into, and my hackers used it to remotely erase all of the data on my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook.

[Herr-Berbunch]

:o

Bad Apple and Amazon.

I'm alright, it'll never happen to me. . . buy my viagra, extend your :-?

[Task Force]

Yay for never using Apple, having a Google account, or using social media for anything!

[Herr-Berbunch]

Yay for never using Apple, having a Google account, or using social media for anything!

Sorry, that line is reserved for Skybird. :D

[STEED]

my entire digital life was destroyed :har: :har:

You sad twonk...go and get a real life.

[Oberon]

Sorry, that line is reserved for Skybird. :D

:har:

Personally I swear by noscript, up until using noscript I'd get a virus nearly every other month and it was nearly always from a malicious script that was hidden in an advert. It would install itself as a 'virus checker' and generally break things, heck I even had a rootkit pop up at one point. :nope:
So I use noscript with a triumvirate of Malwarebytes and Avast, and it's worked so far. Of course, now I've said that I'm doomed to be hacked to oblivion...

I did have my twitter account hacked the other day, but I just had one message which was about upgrading my portfolio or some such rubbish, my other half notified me quite quickly about it and I was able to take action to put a stop to it. :yep:

[Oberon]

:har: :har:

You sad twonk...go and get a real life.

Says the digital Citizen Smith :O:

[Skybird]

Sorry, that line is reserved for Skybird. :D
Thank you.

Ehem, ohoho, uhum:

Yay for never using Apple, having a Google account, or using social media for anything!

Now, this way it sounds much more correct, doesn't it. :03:

[Schroeder]

I have no idea why anyone would voluntarily use cloud computing? Why give away all your data to a third party who you can't check on what they are doing with it?

Yay for never using Apple, having a Google account, or using social media for anything!^Amen to that brother.:salute:

[antikristuseke]

:har: :har:

You sad twonk...go and get a real life.

Omnonomnom. Tasty internet irony.

[Garion]

:har:

Personally I swear by noscript, up until using noscript I'd get a virus nearly every other month and it was nearly always from a malicious script that was hidden in an advert. It would install itself as a 'virus checker' and generally break things, heck I even had a rootkit pop up at one point. :nope:
So I use noscript with a triumvirate of Malwarebytes and Avast, and it's worked so far. Of course, now I've said that I'm doomed to be hacked to oblivion...

I did have my twitter account hacked the other day, but I just had one message which was about upgrading my portfolio or some such rubbish, my other half notified me quite quickly about it and I was able to take action to put a stop to it. :yep:


Another vote for NOSCRIPT here, I have been using it for years and advise all my friends to use it to :yeah:

Cheers

Gary

[STEED]

Says the digital Citizen Smith :O:

Me Vs my Mate

I only post here on Subsims forums only, no twitter no facebook or any other site. Total time in a week posting less than a hour. Right moving on to my mate he's on ten plus forums and twitter & facebook. Total amount of time over eight hours aday! :o

Today I went round his place...want to go to the pub? No too busy on facebook with my thousands of friends! Yea sure right..:doh:

I win...:D

Excuse me I'm now off to have a read of my book.

[Penguin]

my hackers used it to remotely erase all of the data on my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook

Why use a software which is able to do this in the first place? Oh yeah, it's so comfy!:damn:
Damned, mindless, naive Mac-douches with their dog-like blind trust in their cult.

[August]

Why use a software which is able to do this in the first place? Oh yeah, it's so comfy!:damn:
Damned, mindless, naive Mac-douches with their dog-like blind trust in their cult.


Don't sugar coat it Penguin! Tell us how you really feel about Appleheads. :D

[NeonSamurai]

Anyone who knows anything about the subject of computer security knows you should avoid apple. Their products have security holes you can drive an aircraft carrier through, particularly macs.

Mac is also gaining market share among younger users, which will make hackers take a sudden interest in Mac and its legion of security holes. The only reason why hackers haven't generally bothered exploiting macs in the past is because there were very few of them, making it not worth while.

[the_tyrant]

This is not exactly a computer security issue, its the stupid guy on apple support, who did not fully verify the identity of the caller before resetting the password.

I mean, humans are always the weak link, and apple employees should be further trained to resist social engineering attacks.

Why use a software which is able to do this in the first place?

It helps if you lose your computer. Many enterprises have that kind of policy. In fact, I beleive you can do the same thing with Motorola devices (Through moto-blur), Blackberries (through a BES or your blackberry account), and Windows Phones (through your Microsoft account)

[sidslotm]

Anyone who knows anything about the subject of computer security knows you should avoid apple. Their products have security holes you can drive an aircraft carrier through, particularly macs.


I''m surprised to read this, I thought mac security was better than pc, at least every mac user I know has told me this, heh.

I've just gone over to firefox for the first time, brilliant. I stopped using google and changed to duckduckgo as my main homepage, also good. Amazon leaves me cold, even though I have used it in the past. My favorite site is the BBC, simply because they don't have adds everywhere like Amazon who trace every move you make. Ebay does this now as well.

This is a good post and should be a sticky. :up:

[Dowly]

I''m surprised to read this, I thought mac security was better than pc, at least every mac user I know has told me this, heh.

It all boils down to the fleshy bits between the chair and the keyboard. :yep:

[Penguin]

This is not exactly a computer security issue, its the stupid guy on apple support, who did not fully verify the identity of the caller before resetting the password.


lol, yes, this is exactly one - IT security is not only about hard- and software; the human factor is quite important in this field.
Other things that come to my mind in this particular case are company policies, regarding data storage, data protection and data access, also important are the data security laws of the countries where the company resides and of those where the servers are located.


It helps if you lose your computer.
ahem, that was a rhetorical question (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_question) , to point out that this software is a double edged sword, I also I kind of answered myself it in the following sentence. :03:

[McBeck]

I put in the 2 level security about 6 months ago. I figured my der Google account was important :o

[nikimcbee]

Omnonomnom. Tasty internet irony.

:sign_yeah: Ha ha, Steed... oh wait.:haha: