Last week was week four of Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM) and the theme was Your Evolving Digital Life. It’s an important theme because, in case you hadn’t noticed, your digital life is evolving, and fast. The vast international network of computers we call the internet is gobbling up a lot of new things that didn’t used to be computers like fridges,...

Hopefully you’ve never had anything stolen in a data breach, but if you have I hope you’ve been spared the salted wound of the non-apology. There are notable exceptions of course but as data leaks and network breaches get larger, more common and more damaging, a humble sorry seems to be the hardest word. All too often...

You’ve read the stories; the lurid tales of homes laid bare by unsecured baby monitors, smart TVs and unintentional backdoors; the kids with apps that lied; the social media scams; the crummy passwords… You saw them and you knew that somebody had to do something. You did something. You joined the legion of the unsung...

If you’re in the USA, it’s officially National Cyber Security Awareness Month, starting today, October 1, 2015. Here on Naked Security, we’ll refer to it more loosely just as CSAM, in the hope that Naked Security readers all over the world will join in. Of course, CSAM isn’t an invitation to take cybersecurity more seriously...