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I gave a talk at William Woods University on Friday about protecting yourself on social media sites and after I got done with my talk and was chatting with a group of students who came up to ask some follow up questions they didn’t want to ask in front of the group when one of … Read more

I had the opportunity to talk to a large group of network administrators and computer professionals for colleges, libraries and K-12 schools in Missouri at the Morenet Connections and HELIX conference this past week about the importance of a security awareness program to their overall networks security. Far too often we get caught up trying … Read more

A report out over the weekend says that the Facebook app for Android reads the text messages off of your phone. Facebook has responded by saying the Times piece as “completely wrong”, but acknowledges that the Android application permissions require SMS read and write permissions for “testing purposes”. A lot of Android apps ask for … Read more

Over the last couple of months Pinterest has become a super popular website among people who love arts and crafts and has steadily been filling up my facebook timeline with stuff they want to do or think is “really cute”.  I really hadn’t given much thought to the website until someone asked me how to … Read more

I just read this press release from the FBI.  ST. LOUIS—The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that a former employee of a local shipping company has pleaded guilty to damaging their computer systems. According to court documents, Jason Schrum was employed by Axis Worldwide Supply Chain & Logistics, Inc., a company that provides services … Read more