Anthony Collette / Loistava
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Anthony Collette / Loistava
@anthonycollette.bsky.social
We curate the best cybersecurity advice for consumers, then transform it into physical reality.

The Loistava website is located here: https://loistavainfosecurity.com/

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❓ Why should you use multi-factor authentication?
❓ What is multi-factor authentication and why does it work?
❓ Why is multi-factor authentication more safe?
❓ Is multi-factor authentication unhackable?
❓ What is the main disadvantage of MFA?
❓ What is safer than MFA?
Multi-factor Authentication (MFA): Is It Really Worth The Trouble?

We answered the most common questions about MFA the public asked in search engines last month.

How would you answer these questions differently than we did?

#MFA
#MultiFactorAuthentication

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/multi-fact...
Multi-factor Authentication (MFA): Is It Really Worth The Trouble?
How much “bang for the buck” does MFA give you?
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November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Reposted by Anthony Collette / Loistava
11 Holiday Cybersecurity Tips To Keep You Safe Online

Don’t Let Hackers Turn Your Winter Wonderland Into A Winter Bummerland!

From our friends at CISA and the Better Business Bureau, here are some excellent tips to stay safer online this Holiday Season.

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/11-holiday...
11 Holiday Cybersecurity Tips To Keep You Safe Online
Don’t Let Hackers Turn Your Winter Wonderland Into A Winter Bummerland!
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October 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A Threat Model is a tool — a way of questioning yourself — that helps you understand what you want to do, what’s happening in the World around you, and helps you accomplish your goals more safely.

This one helps keep the Digital Kleptos™ away from your online accounts.
A Universal Threat Model For Online Adults

What can go wrong on the Internet, and what can you do about it?

A Threat Model — why should I care?

If you ask yourself 4 simple questions, your likelihood of success increases.

#ThreatModel
#Cybersecurity

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/this-unive...
October 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Reposted by Anthony Collette / Loistava
Turning On Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Will Massively Increase Your Online Security

Passwords alone won't protect your bank account, 401(k), or email. You need multi-factor authentication (MFA).

Which option is best?

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/turning-on...
October 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Reposted by Anthony Collette / Loistava
The Passwords Of The Past don’t keep us safe online anymore.

Making up passwords on the fly simply won’t protect your online accounts like it did before. You need a Modern Password.

How do you make a Modern Password?

Use a high-quality Password Manager.

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/why-use-a-...
September 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Reposted by Anthony Collette / Loistava
Is there really anything new or different to say about passwords?

☑️ Hamilton in theaters this month.
☑️ The tech of that era.
☑️ Why one cybersecurity researcher abandoned a successful body of work.
☑️ The "funeral" that came went, but we didn't get an invite.

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/how-to-mak...
September 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Reposted by Anthony Collette / Loistava
5 Simple Cybersecurity Tips To Keep You Safe Online

Staying safe online doesn’t have to be hard or complicated. One by one, you can master The Basics of cybersecurity.

You have the power to keep yourself safer online!

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/5-simple-c...
September 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
We’re seeing a worrying new trend — not simply damage, but destruction.

Despite heroic efforts to save the business by laying off most of their 170 employees, and selling their headquarters, the damage was devastating.

How do we avoid joining the growing list of companies destroyed by hacking?
Hackers Now Striking Death Blows To Successful Companies

The Einhaus Group was once a familiar name in Germany.

Then 3 Digital Kleptos™ hacked their network, encrypting all their contracts, billing, and communication data, devastating the business.

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/hackers-no...
September 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Suppose you have a friend with an interest in history who wants to know more about cybersecurity.

What would you use as a good introduction to the topic?

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/the-woman-...
August 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It’s understandable that the founder of Facebook wants to protect himself, his family, and his lifestyle.

But what about the rest of us?

Many of us are living below the cybersecurity poverty line, and don’t even know it.
Mark Zuckerberg Is Building A Huge Bunker On His 2,300-Acre Fortified Estate in Hawaii

But you don't need to spend $300M to protect what you've earned.

An underground bunker twice the size of a typical U.S. home won't protect us from hacking or online fraud.

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/mark-zucke...
August 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
What’s the best practical cybersecurity solution for most online users?

This guidance comes from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), long considered the standard-bearer of all things cybersecurity.

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/the-intern...
August 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It's like the Wild West out there! What can business owners/managers do to protect their companies from Digital Kleptomaniacs™?

First it helps to know how things go wrong, and what to do about it. You can benefit from a clearer understanding of what's happening and how to prevent it.
Hackers Took Advantage Of One Crappy Password To Destroy This 158-Year-Old Company

We almost never hear of a business completely destroyed by Digital Kleptos™.

But that's what happened when this business failed at The Basics of Business Cybersecurity.

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/hackers-to...
August 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Sometimes a dress is just a dress, but in this intriguing example, a technical journal article received massive coverage in the mainstream media and exposed millions of readers to a niche area of cybersecurity research.
Imagine you publish an article in a technical journal detailing your research results. How far beyond the technical “bubble” would that message travel? How many people would see it?

Why did this cyber story resonate so strongly with the general public?

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/solving-th...
July 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Consumers respond to “beautiful” products, in whatever way they define “beauty.”

DFLEKT is a prototype — you can't buy it. But you can benefit by using this idea in every interaction with your coworkers or customers.
July 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
When you use a high-quality consumer VPN, you express your disagreement with the careless sale of your personal information.

But using a high-quality consumer VPN is also a potent and effective protest, because you deny the ISP the very product they want to sell — your browser history.
Fight the Power: Use a VPN as a Protest

In the U.S. your ISP has the right to sell your personal information, including your browser history, to any individual or corporation.

One effective solution is to use a high-quality Virtual Private Network (VPN).

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/fight-the-...
July 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is an impactful story about a ransomware attack which can persuade business owners to implement cybersecurity protections.
One Bad Password vs. A 24-Year-Old Business

He spent 24 years building his business. One bad password and a ransomware attack blew it to smithereens.

Fran watched helplessly as hackers encrypted all his files.

How could this happen?

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/one-bad-pa...
July 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This interactive retelling of Avery's ordeal is an awesome way to introduce people to the reality of organized crime attacking ordinary consumers through SIM swapping and physical theft of credit cards.

You don’t have to be “somebody special” to wind up on the receiving end of digital fraud.
Psycho Bunny To The Rescue (in a $10,000 Fraud Case)

Hackers ripped off Avery Hartmans for $10,000. Her credit card company didn't come to her rescue, and they didn’t even believe the charges were fraudulent.

www.digitalkleptos.com/p/psycho-bun...
July 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Every Tuesday, the Digital Kleptos™ newsletter provides you with:

☑️ Up-to-date information
☑️ Useful, actionable advice, and
☑️ Thoughtful cybersecurity analysis — sometimes from a very different point of view.

www.DigitalKleptos.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
VPN Use As A Consumer Protest

Have you lost trust in your internet service provider (ISP) to keep your personal information private?

Using a high-quality VPN is a potent and effective protest.

“NO!” is a complete sentence.

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February 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Great Emu War of 1932 🇦🇺​

Australia declared war on an unlikely enemy: emus. The flightless birds were causing havoc in Western Australia, destroying crops and fences, and the government decided "enough."

https://loistavainfosecurity.com/the-great-emu-war-of-1932-%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%ba/
December 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM
NAUGHTY OR NICE?

☑️ Almost 40% of Americans Use Embarrassing Passwords

☑️ What insights do you find when you ask 1,030 Americans about their password use?

How many people are embarrassed to say their password out loud?

https://loistavainfosecurity.com/naughty-or-nice/
December 25, 2024 at 2:00 PM
CASTALOT® Dice -- A Highly-Effective Training Tool

Fun, Kinetic, Colorful: a matching set of 14 large dice. When rolled together, they create modern passwords composed of uppercase letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters.

https://loistavainfosecurity.com/castalot-dice/
December 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM
The World’s First Physical DiceWare Kit That Helps You Stay Safe Online

Learn the history of DiceWare, and see an updated concept for this rock-solid technology used to create passphrases.

https://loistavainfosecurity.com/ghentware/
December 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM
For Security Teams Inside Organizations

In Your Organization, You Define “The Basics”

Find the sweet spot between everything that’s possible and what your users are willing and able to do.

Blogpost link: https://loistavainfosecurity.com/brilliant/
December 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
The best solution for the most people.

Here's guidance on cybersecurity best practices that anyone – regardless of experience – can implement to make their online life safer and more secure.

https://loistavainfosecurity.com/about-us/information-security-for-the-masses/
December 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM