Protect yourself on the internet… and off. I often discuss computer security issues amongst friends, family, and coworkers and a consistent thing that comes up is: “How do I best secure myself?” Here are a few key points I always bring up: Let’s start this discussion with the two broad categories of attackers and how they effect…

There is no such thing as a single perfect password. In October of 2014, it was revealed that malicious hackers may have obtained a dump of approximately 7 million username/password combinations. According to this statement from Dropbox, their site itself wasn’t hacked, most of the passwords were out-of-date, and affected users have been directly notified. Regardless, it’s worth revisiting…