Computer Safety & News

US CERT has some excellent guidelines for protecting for Mobile Devices during the 2018 holiday season https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST11-001 Your smartphone, tablet, or other device is a full-fledged computer. It is susceptible to risks inherent in online transactions. When shopping, banking, or sharing personal information online, take the same precautions with your smartphone or other device that you […]

Below are key resources documenting this recent monthly Microsoft Patch Tuesday release https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/November+2018+Microsoft+Patch+Tuesday/24308/ https://patchtuesdaydashboard.com/ https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/summary This month, Microsoft patches two issues that have already been disclosed publically. One is related to BitLocker trusting SSDs with faulty encryption. If an SSD offers its own hardware-based encryption, BitLocker will not add its own software encryption on top […]