Duke City Consulting Cyber

Home of the Freelancer's Guide to Cybersecurity, helping freelancers & small businesses protect their own and clients' data and privacy. Follows ≠ endorsements.

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ChatGPT Data Privacy and User Liability https://t.co/rzKJCAharh

[Duke City Consulting Cyber @DCCCyber]

6 Easy Inexpensive Ways Freelancers Can Improve Cybersecurity https://t.co/3LWPGy93zQ

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Flash drives: convenient but persistent (and usually overlooked) cybersecurity threats. How many flash drives do you own? Where are they?

#cybersecuritytips #breach

https://t.co/BlQrcbHzrV

[Duke City Consulting Cyber @DCCCyber]

Join us Thursday at #AMWA2021 for "The Medical Writer's Guide to Cybersecurity"! Learn how to keep your home office secure and your online life private. https://t.co/QjZNX3vn5Z

[FBI @FBI]

Business owners should also consider #cyber training opportunities for their leadership and their personnel. #Cybersecurity is not just for the information technology department. Cyber risk is business risk.

[Duke City Consulting Cyber @DCCCyber]

Beware weaponized AirTags!

#cybersecurity #Apple

https://t.co/HgEauUTZI3 via @wired

[PCMag @PCMag]

Fun fact: a study from earlier in the year estimated that Facebook would lose about $9.8 million for every hour it was offline. Its networks have been offline for two hours so far: https://t.co/wW5q8MjmFl

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Companies are using a growing number of tracking services as employees work from home. #cybersecurity #privacy

https://t.co/sUvGudWlC2

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Apple users! Update your iOS for an important security patch. #Apple #Mac #cybersecurity

[BleepingComputer @BleepinComputer]

Apple fixes iOS zero-day used to deploy NSO iPhone spyware - @LawrenceAbrams
https://t.co/z5RgPWcYF9

[Duke City Consulting Cyber @DCCCyber]

Your #IoT devices are part of your digital footprint and can contribute to your cyber vulnerability. Keep them on your #cybersecurity radar!

[ZDNET @ZDNET]

Over 60 million wearable, fitness tracking records exposed via unsecured database https://t.co/gT1i6dv6LI

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Use #Windows? Update your software NOW.
#Freelancers #cybersecurity #Microsoft

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

A warning from Microsoft tells people running Windows on their PCs to immediately install an update to fix a flaw that lets hackers do some serious damage https://t.co/eX1p6a4Oyf

[Duke City Consulting Cyber @DCCCyber]

Use Windows? Update your software NOW.
#Freelancers #cybersecurity #Windows

[Duke City Consulting Cyber @DCCCyber]

Wow! Hackers turn around these stolen passwords fast! Keep your guard up against #phishing, use 2 factor authentication, & get a password manager to keep your passwords robust & safe.
https://t.co/TeC2Fjrgrq #freelance #cybersecurity

[Duke City Consulting Cyber @DCCCyber]

Massive Ransomware Attack May Impact Thousands of Victims.
Many of those affected are small and mid-size businesses.
https://t.co/xwf5IZlDsu #ransomwareattack #smallbusiness #cybersecurity #freelance

[Duke City Consulting Cyber @DCCCyber]

Every camera and microphone in your house can pose a safety and privacy risk. Shop wisely, configure well, and maintain assiduously.
#cybersecurity #IoT

[Threatpost @threatpost]

The #bug, rated CVSS 9.1, was introduced via a supply-chain component from #ThroughTek that’s used by several OEMs of security cameras and #IoT devices like baby- & pet-monitoring cameras and robotic & battery devices. #cybersecurity @USCERT_gov
https://t.co/QDxV3oh2Hn

[Duke City Consulting Cyber @DCCCyber]

Over a billion records belonging to CVS Health exposed online. The database was not password-protected and had no form of authentication in place to prevent unauthorized entry.
https://t.co/R46lGF1Tgo
#cybersecurity

[Duke City Consulting Cyber @DCCCyber]

**Every** device in your home (or at the gym!) that accesses the internet is a vulnerability and needs to be secured, even your #Peloton. Here's what you need to know about this risk and what Peloton is (or isn't) doing about it.

Stay healthy AND safe!

#cybersecurity #WFH

[Threatpost @threatpost]

#Peloton #Bike+ and Peloton #Tread exercise equipment contain a #security #vulnerability that could expose gym users to a wide variety of #cyberattacks, from #credential #theft to surreptitious video recordings. #cybersecurity @McAfee_Labs
https://t.co/JZ977MzU1u

[Duke City Consulting Cyber @DCCCyber]

Keeping your apps up to date seems too simple to be a powerful tool, but setting your apps & other software to auto-update and practicing good password hygiene (paired with 2FA, of course) are two of the most potent protections you have against #cyberattacks.
#ransomware #Google

[Threatpost @threatpost]

#Google says a bug in its #Chrome web #browser is actively under attack, and it’s urging users to upgrade. #cybersecurity #exploits https://t.co/LeF4m7WoeG

[Duke City Consulting Cyber @DCCCyber]

Wow! This is eye-opening information, even for those of us who are naturally suspicious!

[ZDNET @ZDNET]

This is how fast a password leaked on the web will be tested out by hackers https://t.co/Us5ZWedchH

[Duke City Consulting Cyber @DCCCyber]

Oh my! Test emails can be effective #cybersecurity tools in organizations of any size. But there are ways of doing things and ways of doing things. 🤦🏼 https://t.co/XAtYHkB38f