Regardless of Policy, Employees Use Personal File-Sharing Tools at Work

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More than half of U.S. employees (56%) currently use personal file sharing systems such as OneDrive, Google Drive, WhatsApp or Dropbox for work-related file sharing to make things easier for them—regardless of whether they are allowed to, a new study finds. Further, a third of those employees (32%) do it even though they know their
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How to remove your saved passwords in Chrome

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For the longest time, I’ve been shouting to the sun and moon that no one should allow Chrome to save passwords. Given that almost monthly Google releases an announcement saying that users are strongly urged to upgrade to the latest version of Chrome (to avoid security issues), why would you allow such an insecure browser
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HTML Attachments Found to be the Most Malicious Type of File

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Users of email have long thought of executable and .dll attachments as the main focus when cyberattacks arise, but there may be another type of highly used malicious file to be aware of. According to a recent study, HTML attachments are being employed by adversaries the most when it comes to cyberattacks and 21% of
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How to Test Your Browser’s Security

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As your personal gateway to the internet, your web browser is the first line of defense against malicious websites. If your internet browser is not secure, viruses and spyware can infect your computer and damage your important data. And while a good antivirus does help, it’s always better to prevent the entry of malware in
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How an 8-Character Password Could Be Cracked in Less Than an Hour

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Security experts keep advising us to create strong and complex passwords to protect our online accounts and data from savvy cybercriminals. And “complex” typically means using lowercase and uppercase characters, numbers and even special symbols. But complexity by itself can still open your password to cracking if it doesn’t contain enough characters, according to research
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