Showing posts with label security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label security. Show all posts

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Cyberbullying? Which site was seriously affected? Solutions?

I came across an old article on cyberbullying. It said that Tumblr was the worst for bullying.

Technology has changed. "Reword" can help to ask the people to change insulting words.


References:

"Worst" site(s) for bullying
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/12/12/the-social-media-network-thats-worst-for-bullying-is/

Reword the insulting words
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/24/health/reword-chrome-extension-irpt/index.html

Ransomware? Software that asks for ransom?

I am no security expert.

I have heard of the wide spread of ransomware. It may work like this:

  1. Delete all your back up files. (Dangerous)
  2. Encrypt the rest of the files without you knowing it. (Disastrous)
  3. Ask for your money to decrypt the files. (Horrible)
What can be done before all the bad things happen?

  1. Back up your data to an offline disk. When saving data offline, the chance of being attacked on the Internet is 0.
  2. Install the firewall, antivirus and operating system properly. Update the software as new vulnerabilities are detected.
  3. Do not run or open suspicious emails and files.
What can be done to decrypt the encrypted files?

  1. Contact the security software companies.
  2. Decryption may be possible. 
  3. Decryption may be impossible.