Notices tagged with cybersecurity

Tantek ()'s status on Wednesday, 13-May-2026 11:25:00 EDT

Tantek

Please update your Firefox to 150.0.3.

Details why: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2026-45/

Step-by-step instructions:
* open your Firefox application
* choose/click menu "Firefox"
* choose/click menu item "About Firefox"

If it says:
✓ Firefox is up to date
then you’re all set.

If there is a button that says:
( Check for updates )
then click that.

Or you may see it automatically download an update and see:
* Downloading update — nn.n of nnn MB
* Applying update…

If you see a button that says:
( ↻ Restart to Update Firefox )
then click that!

Aside: #pwn2own is TOMORROW and they hit capacity for the first time in their 19-year history.

https://hackread.com/pwn2own-berlin-2026-hits-capacity-hackers-0-days/

Today’s a good day to get/install OS and browser updates on all your critical devices.

Consider turning off wifi on non-critical devices (putting to sleep is no longer enough because many devices still listen to or contact the internet while asleep) until you have had a chance to safely update their software (perhaps after software updates are available in response to pwn2own demos and disclosures).

#Mozilla #Firefox #browser #cyberSecurity #cyber #security

Tantek ()'s status on Monday, 24-Feb-2025 19:10:00 EST

Tantek

Last week I published my first Cybersecurity Friday post with three key steps for indieweb cybersecurity. In summary:

1. Email MFA/2FA. Add multi-factor authentication (sometimes called two-factor authentication) to everywhere you store or check email. Do not use phone/cell numbers.
2. Domain Registrar MFA. Add multi-factor authentication to your domain registrar account.
3. Web Host MFA. Same for your web host and any intermediate name servers (DNS) or content delivery network (CDN) service accounts.

Full post: https://tantek.com/2025/052/b1/steps-indieweb-cybersecurity

Next time: entropy is your friend in security.

If you want my #Cybersecurity Friday posts as soon as I publish them, follow my site https://tantek.com/ directly in your reader rather than using #socialMedia or #Mastodon or some other notes-centric #fediverse client.

You can subscribe to my site directly with an h-feed supporting #indieweb Social Reader, or if you use a classic feed reader, it can auto-discover my Atom feed from my home page.

You can also read my article blog posts and those from other Mozillians on the Mozilla Planet:
* https://planet.mozilla.org/
If you look closely you might even find my not-so-secret articles-only Atom feed linked there if you prefer.

This is post 9 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts #cyber #security

← https://tantek.com/2025/020/t1/seek-2024-year-in-review
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Glossary

article post
https://indieweb.org/article
Atom
https://indieweb.org/Atom
content delivery network
https://indieweb.org/content_delivery_network
cybersecurity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cybersecurity
DNS
https://indieweb.org/DNS
domain registrar
https://indieweb.org/domain_registrar
entropy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory)
feed reader
https://indieweb.org/feed_reader
h-feed
https://indieweb.org/h-feed
MFA / 2FA
https://indieweb.org/multi-factor_authentication sometimes called Two Factor Authentication or Second Factor Authentication
mobile number for MFA
https://indieweb.org/SMS#Criticism
note post
https://indieweb.org/note
social reader
https://indieweb.org/social_reader
web host
https://indieweb.org/web_hosting

Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2017 15:16:42 EDT