In a not too distant future, you may be riding in an autonomous vehicle that is forced to decide between running over a pedestrian or a bicyclist. Or whether to crash into a tree or another automobile. It may make a decision you are not particularly happy with. These decisions will rely on “artificial intelligence” built into these cars. These decisions are being programmed right now by developers of autonomous vehicles. ...
This post is funny only from the standpoint of “it’s funny how things turn out” or “its funny how big things start in small places.” More of a history lesson – but please bear with me and read on.
From the Stanford University website:
“On December 9, 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart and the group of 17 researchers working with him in the Augmentation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute in ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.This entry was posted in Research, Wordfence, WordPress Security on December 5, 2018
The Defiant Threat Intelligence team recently began tracking the behavior of an organized brute force attack campaign against WordPress sites. This campaign has created a botnet of infected WordPress websites to perform its attacks, which ...
Continue Reading →I recently started spending time in the Dark Web, learning how to use a VPN and the TOR browser to navigate the hidden services to be found there. I also have been presenting a “Tour of the Dark Web” to the public in a variety of business groups. I find the Dark Web to be a fascinating place, and so far the response from people attending my seminar indicates that I am not the only one. One of the problems ...
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As an information technology educator, and cybersecurity trainer, speaker and blogger, I am often asked how to get into a cybersecurity career, or how difficult is it to get into a cybersecurity career. Here’s what I can tell you.
You will almost in all cases need to start your cybersecurity career in a general information technology role, and work in that capacity for three ...
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A little blood, sweat, and tears, study, and practice, and amazingly enough you passed the exam and earned your certification. There used to be a time when a certification was good for life, but these days a certificate is usually valid for only three years. The good news is that you can maintain your certification with some additional effort on your part.
The theory behind ...
Continue Reading →I have several friends who are genealogists, but it was one of my cybersec pals, Mike Janes, that sent this to me. Back when I was a teen-ager at summer camp, there was a skit the counselors put on about the “Dover Family” – father Ben Dover, spouse Eileen Dover, the dog Roll Dover. (by the way, if you remember this skit and can contribute more names, please do, I can’t find it on Google. What? Impossible)
Here’s some new material ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
The Marriott hotel empire’s Starwood guest reservation database has been subject to unauthorised access since 2014.
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Continue Reading →In our last post we focused on preparing for your certification exam. Today we will address the best techniques for succeeding on exam day.
You have been diligently studying the material in preparation for the exam. The next step is to start practicing in a simulated exam environment, so you get comfortable with the look and feel of the testing environment and the test questions.
What to expect – The testing authority usually has a web page that explains what sort of test you will be taking, and what ...
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