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Russia Understands that Fake News and Hacking Can Change Election Outcomes. Sometimes.

While President Trump continues to deny that Russia interfered with the U.S. Elections, even though many other very knowledgeable people say the opposite, other countries are not so casual about it. Germany’s domestic intelligence agency chief says that Russia gathered large amounts of data in cyber attacks and no one knows what they will do […]

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When Those Who Protect Us Join The Other Side

OK, so the title is a little dramatic. In this case, while the good guys became bad accidentally, but it doesn’t make the situation any better. Here are the details.  There is a piece of Windows called the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine or MsMpEng.  Apparently, a bug was introduced several versions ago that allows at […]

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DHS Considering Laptop and Tablet Ban on All Flights From Europe to US

Multiple sources are reporting that Homeland Security is considering banning all laptops and tablets from all cabins on all flights from Europe. An announcement is expected tomorrow and I will update this post if an announcement is made. DHS is saying today that no final decision has been made. While we don’t know what DHS […]

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Partners and Too Much Data Equals Data Breach

The Australian Red Cross recently apologized for losing control of 1.74 gigabytes of donor data. Included in the breach are name, address, email, phone number, date of birth and other information from blood donors. The data, 1.3 million records stored in 647 database tables is all the information the Australian Red Cross had on donors […]

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