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IronBox Passwords App Update, Bad News

Hello Everyone, Earlier this year we released a password manager app for iOS users that uses Dropbox to securely store your passwords, and for free! We figured that you use Dropbox to store all your files, why not your passwords but securely?

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How to fix the POODLE SSL issue on IIS

There was a recent SSL vulnerability reported called POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption), whereby if a user is connected to your Web server using SSL v3, there is a risk that an attacker can conduct a man-in-the-middle attack. 

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Data Breach

After a good summer break, we’re back for Data Protection Fridays and this story was too big to pass up.  On Thursday, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported that they suffered a compromise of customer information for about 76 million households

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How to Turn Dropbox into Your Personal Secure File Transfer Service — For Free

[Update: We retired this application due to Dropbox deprecating some of the APIs required for this app] Hey, I am really excited to let you know that we released a preview of our newest tool called IronBox Express this week.

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Dirty Lies You Were Told About Email Security

I was helping out a customer this week figure out some server issues on their side (not related to our service thankfully).  I was just about to call them and ask for the password when I see two emails land

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Help Prevent and Prepare for Your Next Business Data Breach

I hope everyone had a great July the 4th weekend.  We’re back with another Data Protection Friday article. So here we go … The LA times published an article about how small businesses are at high risk for data breach.

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Is it Time to Uninstall Your Anti-Virus?

During my session at the NetDiligence and HB Litigation conference in Philadelphia earlier this month, one of the audience members asked our panel if we should still use anti-virus software.  The reason they were asking was because in May, Brian

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Data Breach? How to Keep Your Local Attorney General Happy

Last week I attended the NetDiligence and HB Litigation conference in Philadelphia. One of the most interesting panels (and there were lots) that I sat in on was one by some of attorney generals who shared their experiences and how

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How to Get an A+ Security SSL Rating Fast

Qualys has a great SSL testing tool that lets website owners test their sites to see how well they’ve configured SSL on their servers. Unfortunately, the bad guys are also using this tool too to see if you’re low-hanging fruit.

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IronBox Webinar – Top Signs You’re Prime for a Data Breach in 2014

Here’s the recording of this month’s webinar “Top Signs You’re Prime for a Data Breach in 2014”. Description: You’re invited to an exciting and free educational webinar: Leading ethical hacker Kevin Lam presents “Hacking Into Your Healthcare Systems: Top Signs

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