(GEARBRAIN) June 29, 2016 – IoTs to put on your watch list are baby monitors, and certain toilets, like the Satis smart toilet, which three years ago, was found to have a vulnerability that made it susceptible to hacking.Read More →
(GEARBRAIN) April 26, 2016 – Start with these 13 definitions so you can talk, and walk, data security details.Read More →
GEARBRAIN) March 28, 2016 – Cloud-connected cars won’t be secure for another three years.Read More →
(GEARBRAIN) December 15, 2015 – Malware creates vulnerabilities that can allow criminals to steal logins, passwords and anything else typed or stored on your smartphone from emails to photos. As an added bonus? Thieves can hijack built-in cameras and microphones to spy on users.Read More →
(GEARBRAIN) December 12, 2015 – If your mobile device gets hacked you lose data. If your smart car is the target? You could lose your life.Read More →
(GEARBRAIN) November 23, 2015 – Step One: We type Free.AVG.com into our browser. Then click on free download.The software will create a file for itself in our download file.Read More →
(GEARBRAIN) November 23, 2015 – Routers have a firewall, a protective barricade, between you and the Internet, for added security. We’ll walk you through the steps on setting up your touter, and the details on locking away access.Read More →
(GEARBRAIN) November 19, 2015 – Think you’re safe using your smartphone to lock up the house? Maybe not. Curious who else has access to personal data like your sleep schedule, or medical details?Read More →
(GEARBRAIN) November 12, 2015 – We installed Avast Security to our Android while connected to a home network. It took less than a minute, but if you’re on Wi-Fi, a few minutes more can be expected.Read More →
(GEARBRAIN) November 12, 2015 – Before buying that first wireless thermostat or connected watch, make sure you’re smart as well, particularly around IoT security.Read More →
(GEARBRAIN) November 12 – Downloading programs from sites offering pirated software are a bad idea. Instead, consider logging on to the App store your device supports, whether that’s Android, iOS, Windows or Blackberry.Read More →
(GEARBRAIN) November 5, 2015 – Hire a local retail IT department like Best Buy’s Geek Squad for $25 an hour to wire your home with a virtual private network that is once removed from the applications that operate your IoTs.Read More →
(GEARBRAIN) November 4, 2015 – Have you changed the password from the factory setting?Read More →
(GEARBRAIN) October 28, 2015 – “If I can manipulate how you are feeling, or prove to you I can manipulate how you are feeling or how your family is feeling or someone who is dear to you, then I can probably extort money from you.”Read More →
Bill Marcus talks to Patricia Salber, Dana Blouin, David Lee Scher, Michael Kices, Bill Winterberg, and Brian Wang. How will Big Data and IOTs affect the health industry? Finance? Banking? Poverty? The Internet? Energy? Climate change? What’s in store for the future?Read More →