You would think that in 2020 we wouldn’t have to tell people not to use default passwords. You would certainly think that we wouldn’t have to tell government IT folks not to do that. But if you thought that, apparently, you would have thought wrong. We are still telling end users to change the password […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This falls into the “well, it is about time” category. While text message based two factor authentication is, by far, the most popular method of two factor authentication, Microsoft said it should be avoided, along with voice based two factor authentication. Why? Is two factor authentication bad? Or useless? No, none of the above. It […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The “S” in Coworking Stands for Security While the WSJ says that coworking companies are closing money losing spaces as a result of Covid, don’t forget that coworking spaces are about as secure as airport WiFi, meaning not at all. The local news just said that some coworking companies are actually expanding as people want […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is a bit like the old question “are you still beating your spouse?” In order to answer that you would have to admit that you had been doing it previously. The NSA, as far as I know, hasn’t admitted to placing back doors in tech products but there is a lot of information that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]OK, don’t everyone run and close your IRA and put the money under your mattress. First of all, it would probably make your mattress lumpy and sleep difficult. It is important to understand this issue and you need to ask your IRA administrator some tough questions. Here is this story. In June 2018 a con […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Louisiana National Guard Called in to Help Local Election Officials According to tips, the state of Louisiana had to call out the National Guard after some number of small government offices across the state were hit by ransomware. Experts say the tools have the hallmarks of the North Koreans, so all of the major attackers […]
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