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<blockquote data-quote="vtqhtr413" data-source="post: 758243" data-attributes="member: 65229">During the week of Black Hat and Defcon, tens of thousands of security experts and hackers flock to Las Vegas for the back-to-back conferences. They hold discussions on issues like smart cities getting hacked, two-factor authentication, and security issues with voice assistants. It can all get a little technical. But with so much cybersecurity knowledge in one place, I decided to ask individual experts for a single useful cybersecurity tip for the average person.One of these tips may end up making all the difference when a hacker comes after you. Learning a little about how to protect yourself is increasingly critical at a time when hacker attacks on companies like Equifax and Yahoo can expose your personal information. But cybersecurity advice tends to be technical or inconvenient, which is why a lot of people tend to ignore it.Tip #1 from Parisa Tabriz, director of engineering at Google Use Chrome.I&#039;m obviously biased, but Chrome stays up-to-date, and there are a lot of things we build in to keep people from ever encountering a phishing site or a site that&#039;s going to download malware. We definitely invest in making it the most secure browser from an exploitation standpoint. Think about the software you&#039;re using in the same way that you&#039;d look at a safety report for a car you&#039;re going to buy.Full Story&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/black-hat-and-defcon-cybersecurity-experts-share-tips-on-how-to-protect-yourself/" target="_blank">Black Hat and Defcon cybersecurity experts share tips on how to protect yourself</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="vtqhtr413, post: 758243, member: 65229"] During the week of Black Hat and Defcon, tens of thousands of security experts and hackers flock to Las Vegas for the back-to-back conferences. They hold discussions on issues like smart cities getting hacked, two-factor authentication, and security issues with voice assistants. It can all get a little technical. But with so much cybersecurity knowledge in one place, I decided to ask individual experts for a single useful cybersecurity tip for the average person. One of these tips may end up making all the difference when a hacker comes after you. Learning a little about how to protect yourself is increasingly critical at a time when hacker attacks on companies like Equifax and Yahoo can expose your personal information. But cybersecurity advice tends to be technical or inconvenient, which is why a lot of people tend to ignore it. [B]Tip #1 from Parisa Tabriz, director of engineering at Google [/B] Use Chrome. I'm obviously biased, but Chrome stays up-to-date, and there are a lot of things we build in to keep people from ever encountering a phishing site or a site that's going to download malware. We definitely invest in making it the most secure browser from an exploitation standpoint. Think about the software you're using in the same way that you'd look at a safety report for a car you're going to buy. Full Story [URL="https://www.cnet.com/news/black-hat-and-defcon-cybersecurity-experts-share-tips-on-how-to-protect-yourself/"]Black Hat and Defcon cybersecurity experts share tips on how to protect yourself[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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