(Company + Individuals): Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents

[RealBlackStuff]

Block adverts, delete Flash, kill Java: ASD

Some very important information on how to keep your computing safe:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/block-adve ... l-java-asd

They refer to the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), who published this:
https://www.asd.gov.au/infosec/mitigationstrategies

Very important:
When first published, research showed that at least 85 per cent of targeted intrusions could be defeated by just four simple strategies: application patching, operating system patching, minimising the number of users with administrative privileges, and using application whitelisting to prevent unapproved programs from running.

Ignore at your own peril!

[Digitalhorizons]

Useful information, it's getting harder to prevent cyber attacks on one's systems, I always use adblockers, ublock origin and use a seperate less popular browser for business and only business, no causual websurfing on it.