Every Friday here on In The Personal Cloud we’ll be presenting a roundup of links highlighting popular and rising news stories from the world of the cloud and online security. Everything from news regarding hacking and how to be secure to advancements in the field of cloud computing. Stay tuned to In The Personal Cloud each Friday to remain up to date on everything you need to know.
Internet users warned of London Olympics ‘poison links’ – The London Olympics are still about a month away, but over 300 malicious websites (and counting) have already been identified as sites designed to lure users in and wreak havoc on their olympic curiosity. [The Star]
Windows 8, made faster by Norton Internet Security – For those of you participating in the Windows 8 beta, it was recently announced that Symantec’s Norton Internet Security (NIS) can actually make Windows 8 faster. Basically, it’s default program Windows Defender tends to slow down an otherwise smooth operating system, but according to TechRadar, NIS actually allows Windows 8 to run 52% faster. [ITWire]
Parents have no idea what their naughty kids are doing online, says McAfee survey – In a recent survey conducted by McAfree, a starting number of kids claim to not only know how to hide their questionable activities from their parents, but that they also hack into places they shouldn’t be altogether. What are parents doing about this? Unfortunately, not a whole lot. Most of the parents of the kids surveyed didn’t have enough of an understanding to not be thwarted by what some would call simple means. [VentureBeat]
G Data offers tips on how to keep your mobile devices safe during your holiday – No matter where you are, the summer is the perfect time to get away. Here are some helpful temps to stay ever vigilant in your quest for data privacy. [Hexus]
Prevent Your Password From Becoming Easy Pickings (Or PyPfbEp) – This expert says the only password(s) you need to remember are to a primary email address and to a banking account. The rest you can forget. He even goes as far as to suggest a digital password wallet app that will keep all of your passwords handy behind just a single password. [North Country Public Radio]
Are people sharing too much online? [Infographic] – An interesting infographic depicting the percentage of people who not only share, but also what they tend to overshare the most. [Online-Education]
Paying power bills online may not be safe – You’d think that our monthly utility bill companies would be utilizing some of the most secure online billing best practices in the world, but a recent investigation found that not to be the case. In fact, some companies had vulnerabilities that were easily fixable. They just needed to install a free update that had been issued several years prior. [The Sydney Morning Herald]
IT security problems shift as data moves to ‘cloud’ – As the article states, if past is prologue, no system is absolutely secure. From becoming a potential gold mine of information if hacked to fake clouds provided by criminals themselves, an entirely new era of cyber crimes to watch out for is emerging. This article brings you up to speed on the latest finds. [Inquirer]
Infographic: Mac Users Needs to Back That Thing Up – This article and infographic highlights the amount of data lost by Mac users simply because the majority of them don’t follow best practices with regards to simply backing up their data. It even goes as far as to point out that companies that suffer catastrophic data loss tend to close within the following 6 months [PCMag]
Prevailing Cloud Fears mostly unfounded – We fear most what we don’t understand or so the saying goes. It turns out that there are still a few stragglers out there who not only still feel like they don’t quite understand exactly what cloud computing is, but they’ve also made it their mission to make sure that other steer clear of it as well. Just because your experience with the cloud wasn’t so favorable, doesn’t negate the fact that Apple, Microsoft, Google, and others are wasting their time. [ZDNet]
