Many Cyberspace Solarium Commission Recommendations Likely to Become Law The Cyberspace Solarium Commission was a blue ribbon commission that made recommendations to Congress earlier this year on improving government cybersecurity. It appears that many of their recommendations are being added to the National Defense Authorization Act, which is “must pass” bill to fund the military. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I am not saying that Internet providers are evil. They just may not be as concerned about your security and privacy as you are. I have often said that your ISP provides you with the modem/router that they can buy for $12.95. While this is a bit of hyperbole, it is, none the less, all […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]People who know me know that I am always railing against people who want to curb encryption, but encryption does present legitimate problems. Firefox Send is a great program that allows users to encrypt data – large files – and send a link to a recipient to allow them to download the file. I use […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Facebook says that 50% of its employees could be working remotely in 5 years. My guess is that this could be the new normal, which is not so good if you own a lot of expensive commercial real estate in a big down town. Zuck also says that employees that move from say San Francisco […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]More than three-fourths of mobile banking vulnerabilities can be exploited without physical access to the phone. A new report from Positive Technologies has a number of sobering facts: 100 percent of mobile banking apps contain code vulnerabilities due to a lack of code obfuscation. NONE of the mobile banking apps tested had an acceptable level […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As IoT devices proliferate, a lot of them don’t get updated. Ever. Some IoT devices automatically update themselves, but a lot of them do not have the smarts to do that. Hopefully all of them talk to their controller over HTTTPS – encrypted traffic. But there is a problem with that. HTTPS certificates expire and […]
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