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Security Got Worse for Linux and Android Devices
A couple weeks ago, I posted an article about how you could hack into any *nix system just by using the backspace key. Looks like another major vulnerability just became public. Here’s an article about a Linux kernel flaw that
These Companies Lost Your Data in 2015
Great little roundup from ZDNet of some of the notable data breaches in 2015. Sad that data breaches are so common these days. http://www.zdnet.com/pictures/biggest-hacks-security-data-breaches-2015/ –Kevin
*nix is … NOT … More Secure
Hope everyone had a safe holiday and is having a great start to the New Year! This article came across my desk before Christmas and I thought of it last night when I was having a conversation with someone who kept
Millions of Parents and Children Get Hacked: Lessons CEOs Can Learn
VTech the maker of children’s toys got their systems hacked which allowed a hacker to download thousands of photos, voice recordings and chat logs of 6.4 million parents and children. A couple lessons were highlighted from the article that I thought
1.2B Credentials Stolen, Yes That’s With a B
Nothing really extraordinary about this article about a Russian crime group stealing credentials … well, other than this might be the largest ever: 1.2 billion logins! So long to the days of millions, or hundreds of millions the new game in town
Goodbye, IronBox for Outlook
On January 15th, 2016 our standalone IronBox Outlook plugin will be discontinued and no longer supported. We’re sad to say goodbye, but excited to focus on our secure file transfer product. Why are we retiring IronBox for Outlook? We’ve been
Beware of Paying By Credit Card at the Gas Pumps
This one is a little old, but going to be relevant still. EMV in the United states is now required everywhere (as of October 2015), except for at gas stations who have until October 2016 (Mastercard) and 2017 (Visa) to
NSA Discloses “Most” Zero-Day Exploits
Here’s a fun read about the NSA claiming that it discloses most of the zero-day vulnerabilities that it finds. For those who don’t know, “zero-day” vulnerabilities are vulnerabilities are weaknesses typically in software that aren’t publicly known. Which also means that
Comcast’s Customer List Goes On Sale
This article is a little older, but a list of 590k or so Comcast customer data (emails and passwords) went on sale on the Dark Web causing Comcast to reset the passwords of those users. The article doesn’t give much details,
Are Microsoft and Google better at cybersecurity than the CIA? Um, yeah!
Here’s an article who’s title caught my attention immediately (to be honest, I didn’t even bother reading the actual article, just skimmed). The title poses the question of whether Microsoft and Google are better than the CIA since the CIA
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