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Misfortune Cookie bug impacts more than 12 million home and small office routers

While this is not exactly an “Internet Of Things” issue, it points out how long it takes to get things fixed and how the tail of a bug can live on forever.  In the case of the Internet of things, people rarely patch their refrigerator, so that bug will live on until the refrigerator is […]

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Hackers hit Second OPM Background Investigations Contractor

According to Washington Technology, hackers have gone after Keypoint Systems, a contractor for The Office of Personnel Management that does background investigations for security clearances.  If anyone has ever had a Department of Defense or other government security clearance, the information that you provide is extremely detailed.  For example, for the DoD, the SF-86 form […]

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Terrorism Risk Insurance Act

After 9/11, Congress passed TRIA, the terrorism risk insurance act. They did this after insurance companies paid out more than $40 billion in claims from 9/11 and reinsurers – the companies that backstop the insurance companies – withdrew from the market.  When the reinsurance market dried up, insurers stopped covering terrorism claims. The result of […]

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Is your small business safe from cyber attacks

In light of the recent cyber incidents, small and medium sized business owners should be looking at their cyber readiness and asking “Am I safe from cyber attacks?”. Unfortunately, for many businesses, the answer is no.  The Huffington Post wrote an article on the issue and I think that some of the points that they […]

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