Recent reports have uncovered Mac malware falsifying certification to appear as valid software and bypass Mac security checks
Do We Need More Federal Laws In Canada To Deal With Cyber Bullying No….. We Need A More Streamlined Legal Process With the current events taking place here in Canada surrounding the dire consequences of cyber-bullying/digital peer aggression, I am watching with great interest the comments, by some, about the need for more laws
Rehtaeh & Audrie, A Tale Of Two Tragedies Is Social Media To Blame This week, we once again learned of two tragic incidents where teens took their own lives: Rehtaeh Parsons, a 17 year old young lady from Cole Harbor Nova Scotia; and Audrie Pott, a 15 year old young lady from Santa Clara
We have now presented to over 112 Jr and Sr High schools throughout British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Washington State in the past 24 months, reaching over 104 thousand teens, 39 of whom we have saved/helped given that they were considering suicide or self harm as an option, because they were being targeted for digital peer
Internet and Social Media Safety Training “For Profit” vs “Not For Profit” Programs Is One Better Than The Other Traveling throughout North America, I have met many “for profit” and “not for profit” businesses, organizations and societies that are delivering excellent Internet and Social Media safety and digital literacy/citizenship training to both youth and adults.
For those who don’t follow security related news here is a quick summery of happenings over the past few months. Things are being hacked, and this is not an exaggeration. Companies such as Apple, New York Times, Facebook, Twitter, and Evernote have seen a recent increase in unauthorized remote access to customer information and login
For several years now, I have been speaking to the issue that computer based web cams can be covertly hacked remotely, and anything captured by the cam can be recorded and used for a crime like extortion or identity theft. I have had parents, students, teachers, law enforcement and even some on-line safety experts say
Just recently a student at a school that I presented at brought to my attention an App called “Nudifier”. Originally designed as an entertainment/comedic App, it is now being used by “some” on-line peer aggressors as a weapon to “Shame” a specific target on-line. The original design and intent of Nudfier, was to create
In the past two years, I have presented to over eighty-eight thousand students on the topic of Internet/Social Media Safety and Digital Citizenship. Our presentation has become very popular and although youth education is important, so too is parental education specific to this topic area. You would think that given the importance of this
Many parents, who refuse to purchase a cellphone for their child, will often purchase a digital device such as an iPod or iPad instead, believing that they are safer. What these same parents do not understand, there are several Apps on the market that give these same devices the ability to make phone calls via
Given that approximately 20% of Facebook users have been exposed to malware, and that over 600,000 accounts are hacked almost daily, www.247Wallst.com release an article that they called “9 Ways That A Criminal Uses Facebook” that we should all be aware of, and that I share with you here: • HACKING ACCOUNTS: Common tools used to complete a