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Sep 27, 2023 | 
kaspersky.com | Stan Kaminsky |Alanna Titterington |Alexey Andreev
Over the first 23 years of this century, the Linux operating system has become as ubiquitous as Windows. Although only 3% of people use it on their laptops and PCs, Linux dominates the Internet of Things, and is also the most popular server OS. You almost certainly have at least one Linux device at home — your Wi-Fi router. But it’s highly likely there are actually many more: Linux is often used in smart doorbells, security cameras, baby monitors, network-attached storage (NAS), TVs, and so on.
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Sep 25, 2023 | 
kaspersky.com | Jeffrey Esposito |Stan Kaminsky |Alexey Andreev
When I was growing up, I never gave much thought to the communications between my parents and my teachers. Typically, there was a back-to-school night; if ever I did something wrong, the communication was made in a phone call from the teacher or principal; and there were letters/results that needed to be signed by my parents.
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
kaspersky.com | Alanna Titterington |Stan Kaminsky |Alexey Andreev
As soon as your company becomes more or less famous, more often than not someone starts exploiting your success for their own purposes. At best, they simply hide behind your name in order to promote some dubious quality goods and services. At worst, they prey on your clients, partners, or even employees.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
kaspersky.com | Alanna Titterington |Stan Kaminsky |Alexey Andreev
After Elon Musk “broke” his Twitter (now known as X) and Mark Zuckerberg released his Threads, there’s been a lot of talk on the internet about something called the Fediverse. Many see it as humanity’s last hope to escape the current social network mess. In this post, we take look at what this Fediverse is, how it works, what it offers users right now, and what it may change in the near future. What’s wrong with regular social networks? Let’s start with why Fediverse is needed in the first place.
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Sep 19, 2023 | 
kaspersky.com | Roman Dedenok |Stan Kaminsky |Alexey Andreev
In large companies, as a rule the average employee isn’t often asked for an opinion on their career aspirations, areas of interest, or accomplishments outside their job description. It tends to happen once a year — for the performance review. However, many would like to share their thoughts with management much more often. So, when an invitation to take a self-evaluation lands in the inbox, they jump at the chance without hesitation.
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Sep 18, 2023 | 
kaspersky.com | Stan Kaminsky |Alexey Andreev
“Security” and “overtime” go hand in hand. According to a recent survey, one in five CISOs works 65 hours a week, not the 38 or 40 written in their contract. Average overtime clocks in at 16 hours a week. The same is true for the rank-and-file infosec employees — roughly half complain of burnout due to constant stress and overwork. At the same time, staff shortages and budget constraints make it very hard to do the obvious thing: hire more people.
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Sep 15, 2023 | 
kaspersky.com | Stan Kaminsky |Alanna Titterington |Alexey Andreev
Videocalls became much more widespread after the COVID-19 pandemic began, and they continue to be a popular alternative to face-to-face meetings. Both platforms and users soon got over the teething problems, and learned to take basic security measures when hosting videoconferences. That said, many online participants still feel uncomfortable knowing that they might be recorded and eavesdropped on all the time. Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
kaspersky.com | Alanna Titterington |Alexey Andreev
Early this year I gave you five reasons to avoid desktop versions of messengers. The fact that many such applications use the Electron framework is one of them. This means that such a messenger works as an additional browser in your system, and its updates are quite difficult to control. But, as I wrote in that post, it has become clear the problem is much more widespread — affecting not only messengers but hundreds of other apps as well.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
kaspersky.com | Stan Kaminsky |Alexey Andreev
Digital wellbeing isn’t just about privacy and protection against online scammers and equipment failure. It’s also about having some level of control over our social networks, our screen time, and what we spend on digital services. These outlays are increasingly taking the form of subscriptions.
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
kaspersky.com | Alexey Andreev |Alanna Titterington
Previous posts in our back-to-school series have covered how to protect your child’s devices and explain the importance of cybersecurity in school. Today we talk about the core, and often unavoidable, apps used in modern education. This means electronic diaries and virtual classrooms, plus videoconferencing for distance learning. They are all insecure. Electronic diariesElectronic study-diaries and virtual classroom websites are used these days to help administer the educational process.
