Your Location is For Sale

I have written before about how our smartphones are ratting out our location, using GPS and even just cell tower location information.  The New York Times recently published a story that followed a woman throughout her day and discovered that her location was collected over 8000 in a single day.  From the location database they purchased from a location data broker, they were ...

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EMV Cards Not Preventing Card Data Theft

The implementation of EMV (Europay, Master Card, Visa) or “chip” cards have not reduced the instances of credit card theft in the US.  The reason:  WE ARE DOING IT WRONG!!  I have been writing about the late implementation of EVM for years, and complaining about the “chip and sign” method we are using in the United States, vs. the much more secure “chip and PIN” method used in Europe, where ...

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Chinese Attacks Against MSPs and IT Support Companies Puts Clients At Risk

US-Cert recently released the following warning to businesses, governmental units, and other organizations who contract their computer support to computer support companies that are known as Managed Service Providers or MSPs.  An MSP provides support principally by using remote monitoring, remote access, and remote control software products.  They install a monitoring tool called an “agent,” and a command and control device on ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


Securing New Devices

12/28/2018 03:57 PM EST  Original release date: December 28, 2018

During the holidays, internet-connected devices also known as Internet of Things (IoT) are often popular gifts—such as smart TVs, watches, toys, phones, and tablets. This technology provides a level of convenience to our lives, but it requires that we share more information than ever. The security ...

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Top Cyber-Attack Vectors – Past, Present, and Future

Are you wondering what exploits represent the biggest threats in 2019?  It can be difficult and expensive to defend against everything.  If your company is budget-constrained, it may make more sense to defend against what is “likely” instead of everything that is “possible.”  Today we look at some of the biggest cyber-attack methods from the past, the present and the future.

Past

While these ...

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Authentication without Passwords?

I have been warning about the weakness of the password for a number of years.  Passwords no longer provide strong security.  Passwords are too easy to crack using automated techniques, and are stored insecurely in many environments.  Most passwords are too short, or easily guessable.  Many users reuse the same password on multiple sites.  But the password remains the most popular form of authentication among most users.  Two-factor and multi-factor ...

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