Steven Andiloro Blog

How To Protect Yourself From the Next Corporate Hack
The year is 2017, and 2018 is just around the corner. We live in a world of pure technological amazement. We now have computers that fit in our pockets, self-driving cars, and televisions that are as flat as a framed painting. But 2017 is also a scary time for...

Ransomware Shuts Down North Carolina County
For the past several months, I have written multiple blogs that detail just how important it is to stay safe from cyber attacks. As our world relies more and more on technology, we must be prepared to fight off technological threats. One of the most common, and...

How AlphaBay Went Down
I recently spoke about the dark web and its intricacies in one of my blogs. In that blog I explained what exactly the dark web is and how prevalent and hard to track it is. And although it is an incredibly difficult sector of the Internet to track, every now and then,...

Is Ransomware About to Get Worse?
I’ve mentioned time and time again the dangers of becoming an online-dependant society. I’ve also mentioned the rising popularity of ransomware. And now, according to recent reports, ransomware could be getting even more powerful, and even more dangerous....

The Equifax Breach: How to Protect Yourself
In the year 2017, our data is at risk. Our personal information is kept in servers that are all dangerously easy to break into. This is worrying, seeing as how most people do not generally want their personal information to be stolen. But it seems as if there’s...

Workplace Cyber Security Risks to Be Aware of
Technology, as I’ve stated in the past, is great. It has allowed us to do more and achieve the unimaginable, but it has also made us incredibly vulnerable. And when we rely so heavily on technology, particularly in the workplace, we must be prepared for any and all...

Personal Security: The Shonin StreamCam
As you all know, I am a major proponent for personal security. It’s a core principal of society and it’s what I’ve based my life’s work on. As a personal security professional, I am always adapting to the industry. With technology constantly disrupting almost every...

What is the Dark Web?
The 21st century has given way to dozens of fantastic inventions and technological advancements. One such advancement is the spread of the Internet. Although the Internet was created before 2000, it was not really a “household item” until after then. With this...

Smartphone Security: Facial Recognition
Smartphones are everywhere these days. Almost every man, woman and child has a smartphone in their pocket at all times. We have come to rely heavily on these tiny devices as our calculators, sources of entertainment and our connections to the outside world. And as...

Security Showdown: iOS vs. Android
I’ve said it time and time again: technology is now a major part of our world. Our society as a whole has seen some major improvements and upgrades thanks to the overwhelming number of technological advances in recent years. One of the largest and most important...