Thanks again to Siege Media for this post.
Smart homes, or homes outfitted with technology innovations such as smart speakers, smart TVs, smart lights, and more, are growing in popularity. In fact, over 66.4 million Americans own a smart speaker, such as the Google Home or the Amazon echo, in their home.
Smart home devices collect data on your ...
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The most dangerous person to your network security may be sitting in the next cubicle, or working for a trusted vendor. This is called the Insider Threat. It is more likely that your computer incident will come from the inside of your organization than from a cyber-criminal gang in the Russian Federation. A couple of email newsletters dropped into my inbox with new examples of insiders who became threats.
I have heard some of these and had lots of similar calls. It can be tough to keep a straight face some days. Pinterest
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.From the desk of Thomas F. Duffy, MS-ISAC Chair
It’s that time of year again, holiday shopping has begun! Everyone is looking for those unique gifts, hot toys and cool electronics. Whether it is a hard-to-find toy for kids or the latest 4K ...
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There has been a lot in the press about ransomware this year. Crypto-ransomware attacks are becoming more targeted and sophisticated, resulting in bigger extortion amounts and other financial losses to the victims.
But last year’s most frequent and expensive cyber-crime is still email account compromise, or what the FBI calls Business Email Compromise (BEC) is still with us. The attackers using this exploit have also become more ...
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Back on March 1 2019, I reported that Russia was planning to disconnect itself from the Internet. On November 1, 2019, the Russian Federation decreed that all Russian ISPs are required to route Internet traffic through special gateway routers run by Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzo.
The stated goal is to protect Russia from major cyber-attacks from bad actors or other nation-state run cyber ...
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Recently there were a couple of notable fails in biometric authentication. The fingerprint reader in Samsung’s Galaxy S10 and Note10 smartphones will allow any finger to open the phone if the user has installed a cheap screen protector film. In security parlance, this is a “fail-open” or “false positive” scenario. An update is pending. And Google’s new Pixel 4 phone’s facial recognition ...
How the Wiffle Ball Came to BeAnother fun article from the Smithsonian Magazine
Patented in 1957, the lightweight ball saved players’ arms and more than a few windows
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: October 17, 2019
Personal note: Windows 7 has been, and may always be, my favorite operating system of all time. I have come to respect Windows 10, and of course I use it every day, but I ...
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A guest post from Himanshu at EdunBox.com
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are topics that I have been following for a few years now. AI supports the growth of enhanced technology that has the potential to have abilities like a human has.
AI has can have impacts on local, national, and international politics. AI enable systems will replace humans at many jobs, but will create more new obs that the old jobs ...
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