Last week news was leaked of a problem with Intel processors built since 1995. The problem – they could be hacked to possibly leak important stuff like all of your passwords. It then came out that Microsoft and the Linux community were building patches and they would be released soon. Apple said that they released […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Several months ago the White House floated a trial balloon about banning the use of personal cell phones by staffers in the West Wing due to security concerns. You may remember that John Kelly was using his personal cell phone for government business and it was owned by hackers for six months before he figured […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In a move that the White House says is for security, John Kelly is considering banning personal cell phones. On one hand, you can’t blame them. After all, Kelly’s own personal cell phone was hacked for six months before they figured it out. On a self serving theme, it is possible that it might cut […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I have been a strong advocate for two factor authentication and still am, but I ran across a situation yesterday that made me realize that there is something that you need to consider when you implement two factor. The situation that I encountered was a user that was using text messages for two factor authentication […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The NSA hasn’t had a great few years. And it isn’t getting any better. First it was Snowden and dumping documents on seemingly a weekly basis. There were two schools of thought regarding Snowden. Some said he was a hero for disclosing illegal government actions Others said that he was a traitor for disclosing national […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This year the TSA’s performance is better than last year. Last year, it has been reported, TSA checkpoints failed to detect contraband 95% of the time. That means for $7+ billion, TSA agents only stopped 5% of the stuff that was not supposed to be allowed on board. This year, according to reports, the number […]
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