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Security News for the Week Ending August 9, 2019

Researchers Hack WPA 3 Again The WiFi Alliance has always keep their documents secret.  The only way that you even get a copy of the specs is to become a member and that will cost you $5k-$20k a year, depending on your role. The same team that reported the bugs called Dragonblood found these new […]

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Wireless Home Security – Good Theater, Bad Security

Alarm companies like wireless alarm sensors because they cost less to install and are prettier since there are no wires.  They are also remarkably less secure. It is useful to understand that you neighborhood junkie might not be able to pull off the attack, but any serious burglar would not have a problem. In this […]

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Are You Ready for California’s New Privacy Law?

Security vendor ESet interviewed 625 business owners and executives to understand their readiness for California’s new privacy law that goes into effect on January 1, 2020.  What most businesses are missing is that Nevada’s version of the law goes into effect on October 1, 2019.  Most of the respondents were from small businesses, some of […]

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Security News for the Week Ending August 2, 2019

Capital One Breached – 100+ Million Applicants Compromised Among the data compromised are 140,000 US social security numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers.  Also in the mix were one million Canadian social security numbers plus names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and incomes. The data included applicants who applied between 2005 and 2019.  Yes, 15 […]

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