IT’S ALMOST HERE!!!!!!
CHRISTMAS!!!!!
Time to gird ourselves for the sales!
BUT, it is also a time for parents to consider the TECH-SAFE implications of their purchases and plan accordingly!
Let’s start by taking a look at PHONES!
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Over the past couple of weeks there has been increasing coverage in the media concerning a potential new “suicide game” on the Internet: MOMO. As with most viral threats online, there are a lot of things being reported, including MOMO popping up in YouTube videos and even in the MINECRAFT Game. Momo is even being […] A friend of mine “video called” their daughter, who was at college, via the computer recently. She was surprised when her daughter’s web cam came on without the daughter taking any action! In fact, her daughter didn’t even appear to be home! Scary! Now, consider the 2010 scandal in the Lower Merion School District, near […] There has been multiple reporting over the weekend that the VPNFilter Router malware issue is worse than originally thought. Whereas the original assessment was that VPNFilter enabled the hackers to use infected hardware to launch attacks elsewhere on the Internet, new analyses show that it can also target the end user’s data, even weakening security […] This past weekend the FBI issued a warning about a new malware (MALicious softWARE) called VPNFilter that is infecting routers and which creates the VPNFilter botnet. Here is a link to the FBI news release: https://www.ic3.gov/media/2018/180525.aspx The FBI’s recommendation was for everyone to “reboot” their routers to temporarily disrupt this threat. Well, since […] Knights’ Quest is proud to share with you the first of two new promo videos for THE TECH-SAFE HOME! Please support our efforts to educate and equip parents by sharing this far and wide!
Visit our YouTube channel, Knights’ Quest TV, for more videos! With school back in session the pressure on our kids will increase. Not just to get good grades and make the parents happy, but also the pressure to fit in with the social group. When we were kids, social pressures tapered off when class started. We really only had to face the social group, for […] It is amazing, and horrifying, the degree of psychological control that an online predator can wield over a young person. The process of implementing this control is called “grooming”, and I have found no better example of what it does to a child, and a family, than the article below. The article was originally published […] There is a dangerous game being widely reported on the Internet that parents need to be aware of: The Blue Whale Game. The Blue Whale Game is a sick suicide challenge that appears to goad vulnerable teens into killing themselves. This game, allegedly invented by Russian Phillip Budeikin, 22, came to the attention of the […] HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope you had a great 2016! It looks like 2017 will be full of new things, and that includes new hazards with technology! For the 2nd year in a row our readership topped 40,000! Thank you! This year the target is: 50,000! Share some of our articles and help us get […] |
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