Few Election Offices Use .Gov Domain Years ago, .gov domains cost $400. In a case of penny wise, pound foolish, something like three quarters of all election officers figured that saving $400 versus a non-spoofable domain name was a smart trade off. And we wonder why the hackers are winning. Credit: The Washington Post LinkedIn […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I am going to try and make this non-political. We will see if I succeed. Customs and Border Patrol detained a U.S. Citizen active duty Army solider as he went through a U.S. airport as part of his directed orders. The soldier, who is an American citizen, was born in Iran. A leaked Border Patrol […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Patches This Week Microsoft issued an emergency out of band patch for an Internet Explorer zero day bug that affects IE 9, 10 and 11 on Windows 7,8,10 and the related server versions. The bug allows a hacker to remotely execute code by getting a victim to view a web page, HTML document, PDF or […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In what is thought to be the first country to do this, travelers entering New Zealand who do not turn over their phone passwords during searches could be arrested, prosecuted and fined more than $3,000. This includes citizens and foreigners. A New Zealand customs spokesperson said that the new fine is an appropriate remedy to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Many of you are aware that the Customs and Border Patrol has ruled that there is a 200 mile zone inside the U.S. where they can search your belongings without a warrant and without probable cause. The Constitution does give Customs a lot of latitude for searches at the border – much more power than […]
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