Security Small Talk

Have you or a relative ever received a call from someone stating that they are related to you, and they need emergency money?

During today's episode Jenna talks about setting up passwords with family members so if someone legitimately needs money, you are able to help them knowing that they are the ones asking for assistance.

Do you know who can see what you are posting to social media?

During today's episode Jenna discusses where to look in four social media pages to limit who can see your posts.

It's tax season, which means that tax scams are out in full force!!

During today's episode, Jenna discusses common tactics that attackers use to get their victims to use their tax services, or share sensitive information with the attackers.

It seems more and more companies are silently rolling out ways to use our data to train their AI models.

During today's episode, Jenna discusses LinkedIn's new AI training setting and how to turn it off.

No one likes using passwords, are passkeys the solution to never having to create or remember a password again?

During today's episode, Jenna covers what are passkeys, how to use them, and if they are safer than passwords.

Recently Jenna received a text message that didn't quite make sense, saying that she had unpaid tolls.

Join Jenna during today's episode as she breaks down how she identified this text message as a scam, and what you can do to help report these scams.

It was just Valentine's Day, which mean that a lot of people are thinking about love.

That includes scammers. During today's episode, Jenna talks about the anatomy of a romance scam, how to identify one, and what to do if you are on the receiving end of one.

Creating passwords is always hard. One way to make creating your passwords easier is to use keyboard tricks.

During today's episode Jenna walks you through how to 'move up' your password, by changing what keys you are hitting when creating your words.

It's Data Privacy Week!!

Instead of the usual episode where Jenna focuses on one topic, today's episode instead gives you rapid-fire security tips to stay safe and protect your data online.

Have you ever gotten a text from your 'bank' or 'credit card company' that tells you about a purchase you never made?

Today Jenna discusses what she did when she received one of these text messages, and how you can avoid falling for one of these scams.