Whether you choose our data protection products or someone else’s, here are the boiled-down-no-marketing-basic things that you need to know about protecting data in 2016: Which encryption technology is used: Data encryption is the process of scrambling data so that it is
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
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
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
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
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,
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
An app called InstaAgent was published for both iOS and Android that promised users to give them visibility into who’s viewed their profiles. The problem was the app was storing username and passwords and then sending them to a remote
According to the White House Office Management and Budget department, the biggest information security risk to agencies is paper. Just great, because according to the article about 89% of businesses still use paper to store sensitive information … Enjoy the
Not sure how much of this is accurate, but here’s an article on how the folks who did it was able to pull this off. If you have the option to do so, use 2-factor authentication. –Kevin
The Absolute Basics of Protecting Data in 2016
Whether you choose our data protection products or someone else’s, here are the boiled-down-no-marketing-basic things that you need to know about protecting data in 2016: Which encryption technology is used: Data encryption is the process of scrambling data so that it is
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
*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
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
Instagram Stealing App, InstaAgent, Yanked
An app called InstaAgent was published for both iOS and Android that promised users to give them visibility into who’s viewed their profiles. The problem was the app was storing username and passwords and then sending them to a remote
The Biggest Information Security Risk is … Paper? Say What!?
According to the White House Office Management and Budget department, the biggest information security risk to agencies is paper. Just great, because according to the article about 89% of businesses still use paper to store sensitive information … Enjoy the
How John Brennan’s, CIA Director, Personal Email Got Hacked
Not sure how much of this is accurate, but here’s an article on how the folks who did it was able to pull this off. If you have the option to do so, use 2-factor authentication. –Kevin