Prevalence of ransomware, backing up and the fourth year anniversary of #NoMoreRansom project.
Created: July 28, 2020
Reference:

• https://www.nomoreransom.org/
• https://grassrootsecurity.com/2020/07/27/ransomware/

How did a recent clickbait on Superman result in me thinking about Privacy?

Superman and Brainiac are trademarks of DC Comics.
Created: July 24, 2020
References:

• https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/7440301
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/private-browsing-use-firefox-without-history
• https://spreadprivacy.com/how-anonymous-is-duckduckgo/
• https://duckduckgo.com/
• https://www.startpage.com/

Let's talk about the recent EU-US Privacy Shield ruling by the European Court of Justice.  I will also recall a bit of history on how it came about.
Created: July 22, 2020
References:

• https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2020-07/cp200091en.pdf
• https://www.export.gov/safeharbor_eu
• https://www.privacyshield.gov/list
• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jul/16/tech-firms-like-facebook-must-restrict-data-sent-from-eu-to-us-court-rules
• https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/2617966/information-rights-and-eot-faqs.pdf

First episode for the Grassroots Security Podcast!  I set up the Grassroots Security podcast for two things:

1. Provide better awareness about security including tips that hopefully most people can understand.
2. Talk about what's happening in the news related to security.

For this episode, we talk about:

1. Recent Twitter hack as reported by the New York Times and Twitter themselves.
2. Setting up two factor for your Twitter account.

Enjoy and please let me know about this episode.
Created: July 21, 2020
References:

• https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/07/19/business/ap-us-twitter-hack-update.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/technology/twitter-hack-investigation.html
• https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/an-update-on-our-security-incident.html
• https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/two-factor-authentication