#cybersecurity – Seeing Cyber

Catching the Catfish

When I was in high school, my friend Dan and I were bored and decided to create a fake girl on Facebook. . . We named her Ashley Schneider-Anderssen, and she ended up coming to life. It started out casually: We stole pictures from some random girl’s MySpace and friended all our friends, giving AshContinue reading “Catching the Catfish”

Survey Says. . .

Survey My survey is asking the question of whether or not you actually enjoy your time online. What do you spend your time on, what are you doing, does it make you happy, or are you doing it to pass the time? Something we don’t usually think of is “why are we using social media?”Continue reading “Survey Says. . .”

Mobile Scams

What are Mobile Scams Mobile Scams are scams that attack your phone. These can be through many different ways, whether it be via mobile games, Emails, text or calling. Scams can be shady, but if you give into them, it could ruin your life. They could get passwords for your social media, bank accounts, evenContinue reading “Mobile Scams”

Nerve vs. “The MoviePass trouble”

What is the video about? This trailer is for a movie called “Nerve”. Nerve is about a game that they describe as “truth or dare without the truth”. (Small spoilers ahead) Anybody can play for free, but to be a watcher you must pay $20. As a player, you do things the game tells youContinue reading “Nerve vs. “The MoviePass trouble””

Is iPhone putting it’s users at risk?

. . .worst-case scenario is that these bugs are used to harm users. — Natalie Silvanovich One of the modern world’s most common form of communication is texting. We send texts to friends, family, and people at work. One thing you do not want is to lose trust in something so vital. Natalie Silvanovich isContinue reading “Is iPhone putting it’s users at risk?”