Here is the punch line. Automotive cybersecurity incidents doubled in 2018 and are up 605% since 2016. That doesn’t seem that safe to me. Here are some statistics from Upstreams 2019 automotive cybersecurity report: 330 million vehicles are already connection and top brands in the US say that they will only sell connected vehicles this […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]No, I am not kidding. Currently, your Social Security Number is effectively a national identifier. Except when it is not allowed to be used. In many healthcare situations, they use first and last name plus birth date. Apparently, however, that is more than a bit error prone. This has led to treatment errors and medication […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Text messages, as many people know are not very secure. If you are asking where we are meeting for lunch, you probably don’t care. But many banks use text messages (technically known as SMS or Short Message Service) as a second factor to enhance login security. While it does help some, it would be a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For hundreds of years, government has been the domain of the quill pen and parchment or whatever followed on from that. But now, cities want to join the digital revolution to make life easier for their citizens and save money. However, as we have seen, that has not always worked out so well. Atlanta recently […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Coworking and shared office spaces are the new normal. WeWork, one of the coworking space brands, is now, apparently, the largest office space tenant in the United States. Who are in these coworking spaces are startups and small branches (often 1 or 2 people) of larger companies, among others. Most of these folks have a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Back in May Microsoft released Windows 10 Build 1903, AKA the May 2019 update. Suffice it to say, Microsoft has had more than its share of problems with 1903, so if you are not there yet, I would not install it. It is quite embarrassing for Microsoft that more than 90 days after the release, […]
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