When you log on to a “secure” web site – one that that you access via HTTPS:// instead of HTTP:// , you do that because the web site bought a certificate from a certificate authority. Those certificates work because the browsers – all of them – “trust” the makers of those certificates. How do those […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Before a few days ago, I had never heard of MasterPrints. Of course, there are many things that I have never heard about. MasterPrints, of course, have to do with security. Have you ever heard of MasterPrints? Here is the story. Everyone is familiar with fingerprint sensors on cell phones and other devices. They are […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Some in Congress and the Intelligence Services are concerned that Kaspersky’s security software could be co-opted by the Russian government and be used to spy on American companies who use the software. Fundamentally, this is no different than concerns that people have that the U.S. spy agencies could or already have forced U.S. companies to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While I have whined that HTTPS:// is not super secure, it is certainly way more secure then not using HTTPS. Technically known as SSL or more correctly TLS, when you type HTTPS://, it signals the web browser to work with the web site to encrypt all of your information. For the last year or two, Google […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Electronics made in China are often less expensive than products sold by western companies such as Cisco and Juniper. But there may be a cost associated with that price. The Chinese security firm Boyusec is working with the Chinese Ministry of State Security intelligence service in conducting cyber espionage, according to the Pentagon. This would […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Security researchers have figured out three different ways to disable Nest Security Cameras (Nest is part of Google). As of a few days ago, Google said they were working on patches and would push them out shortly. But it speaks to the more general problem of wireless security. In the Nest situation, there are three […]
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