For those of you who use Bit Torrent to download pirated movies, this post is for you. Microsoft has turned every Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro user into a Bit Torrent node of sorts, delivering Microsoft updates to their millions of customers. Like other Windows 10 features (WiFi Sense, for example), I am […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to reports, police in 20 countries arrested 70 people in mid-July, saying they were part of a group that traded in all sorts of nifty stuff (if you are a hacker) like hacking tools, zero day exploits, stolen credit cards, and spamming and botnet services. Assuming that there are 800 groups like this and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]With Windows 10 (and previously, Windows 8.1 phone), Microsoft has created a way for you to share WiFi passwords without revealing them – sort of. In my opinion, and in the opinion of a lot of other security professionals, this is a complete security disaster. There are some things that you can do to mitigate […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]After the Ashley Madison breach, CNN read through the Ashley Madison license agreement. Here are a few tidbits from their reading of the agreement. 1. They can sell your personally identifiable information in connection with the sale of the business or sale of the assets. If this was Facebook, we might not care. If we […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There is an interesting article on the World Economic Forum web site (link below) regarding mass data collection and the world wide intelligence community. The article, while leaning in the direction of the intelligence community, does endeavor to point out some of the issues on the privacy side. Very briefly, the intelligence community worldwide is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Earlier this week, I wrote about a hack that two security researchers demonstrated for a Wired reporter. The researchers were able to disable the brakes and the accelerator, along with turning on the radio, wipers and windshield washer, remotely, from miles away. Chrysler’s response was to put an obscure notice on their web site that […]
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