Lee Munson
Lee Munson is Comparitech's Security Researcher. Lee is a regular contributor to the Sophos’ Naked Security blog and Social Media Manager for Brian Honan’s BH Consulting. He is also the proud winner of the Best UK Security Blog and Best European Security Blog at the 2015 European Security Blogger Awards.
Fool me once… hang on, have I just been socially engineered? It’s not only machines that can be hacked – humans can also be duped by malicious actors who leverage their knowledge of psychology to trick, deceive or otherwise bamboozle their way past security’s weakest link.
‘You’ve got until midnight Friday to give me $300 or your data gets it. No warnings, no fingers or ears in the post. Just total annihilation of your hard drive’. Should you pay up or prepare for the funeral? The answer depends on how much you value your data and whether or not you have a secure and tested backup.
Do you have money in your bank account? If so, you may wish to keep it there. Read this article to find out how the convenience of online banking could deprive you of your hard-earned cash and learn what you can do to eliminate the risks.
With more and more of us opting to store our data in the cloud and multiple reports of celebrities finding their sensitive data and photos have been accessed and compromised should you be concerned about the security of cloud storage?