DDoS! It stands for distributed denial of service, a kind of attack that turns insecure, internet-connected devices into a sort of zombie army. So here's how you can avoid being part of that zombie army.

Social media marketing is a strategy employed by many companies. One of the biggest complaints I hear from businesses is that they're not having much success on social media. The thing is that certain social media marketing mistakes can cause brands to fail. I'll be addressing several issues that may be impacting your social media efforts in this article.

Are you making any of the following mistakes?

Five Social Media Marketing Mistakes You Must Avoid

One of the unwritten rules of Instagram management is to create a cohesive feed. The posts you upload on the platform should be logical in terms of visual concept, timing, captions, and hashtags.

But consistency isn’t something that can be accomplished overnight. You need to take time and think through each caption, the relevance of tags, the whole grid layout style and posting frequency. To streamline this process and plan your Instagram posts and stories, you can use Combin Scheduler, a tool for Instagram content planning.

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Now that you have moved your work life to your home space you may find yourself overwhelmed with social networking distractions. I get it. I have been dealing with the constant beep, chirp, and tweet of social networking while working from home for 30 years. Dealing with all the interruptions is not easy.

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In this episode of JavaScript Jabber the panel interviews security expert, Kevin A. McGrail. He starts by explaining what security frameworks and what they do. The panel wonders how to know if your developers are capable of self-auditing your security or if you need help. Kevin shares recommendations for companies to look at to answer that question. 

Aimee Knight explains the hell she has been in making changes to be compliant with CCPA. The panel considers how policies like this complicate security, are nearly impossible to be compliant with and how they can be weaponized. They discuss the need for technical people to be involved in writing these laws. 

Kevin explains how you can know how secure your systems actually are. He shares the culture of security first he tries to instill in the companies he trains. He also trains them on how to think like a bad guy and explains how this helps developers become security first developers. The panel discusses how scams have evolved and how the same scams are still being run. They consider the importance of automated training and teaching developers to do it right the first time.

Finally, they consider the different ways of authentication, passwords, passphrases, sim card, biometrics. Kevin warns against oversharing or announcing vacations. The panel discusses real-world tactics bad guys use. Kevin explains what he trains people to do and look out for to increase security with both social engineering and technical expertise. 

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• Aimee Knight

• AJ O’Neal

• Charles Max Wood

• Dan Shappir

• Steve Edwards

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• Kevin A McGrail

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Aimee Knight:

• The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM 

AJ O’Neal:

• I'll Let Myself In: Tactics of Physical Pen Testers 

• Copying Keys from Photos, Molds & More 

• The LED Traffic Light and the Danger of "But Sometimes!" 

• Regina Spektor 

• The Weepies 

Dan Shappir:

• This is what happens when you reply to spam email 

• What is Your Password? 

Kevin A McGrail:

• XKCD Security 

• IT Crowd

• https://spamassassin.apache.org/

Steve Edwards:

• XKCD Password Generator 

• Nerd Sniping

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