Here is an interesting combination of countries. Multi-billion dollar Taiwan based computer make Asus makes a wide range of computers sold worldwide. Russian anti-virus maker Kaspersky, whom the White House says is a threat to national security and should be banned (which I basically think is mostly true), identified that hackers attacked Asus’s software update […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]After you are done gasping — it is not a far fetched scenario, at least for vacation rentals. There have been many stories of AirBnB rentals having surveillance cameras – even though their agreement requires that they be disclosed if present. When it comes to hotels, it is much more likely that those cameras were […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If privacy matters in your life, it should matter to the phone your life is on Apple is launching a major ad campaign to run during March Madness with the tagline “If privacy matters in your life, it should matter to the phone your life is on. Privacy. That’s iPhone“. Since Apple’s business model is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Seems like Facebook can’t catch a break. Whether it is Cambridge Analytica or one of the many other scandals plaguing the company, it seems like the only news coverage they get is bad coverage. This time it is information that Facebook logged users’ passwords in plain text for anyone to read, stored those logs on […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Aluminum Giant Norsk Hydro was hit with a ransomware attack this week. The attack has forced the company to shut down several plants and take other other plants offline to stop the spread of the attack. Other plants were operating in “manual” mode. The Norwegian company employs 35,000 employees in 40 countries. They report that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]NOTE: This is a bit of a rant on my part, but I will get to the good stuff further down. Sorry, but I think the subject is important. While the fact that Google is finally trying to counter Apple’s various ad campaigns such as their CES ad below and their March Madness ad campaign”if […]
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