Yesterday marked the 28th anniversary of the World Wide Web protocol. In 1989, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who was a software consultant at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, proposed the concepts which became the World Wide Web. Prior to his proposal, the Internet existed almost solely as a research network for government and university science and engineering professionals. Sir Tim was concerned that saved research documents were ...
Are you like me, and tired of the twice annual changing of the clocks? My idea – move the clocks 30 minutes one more time, then leave them alone forever. A nice permanent compromise.
Here is an article from the Smithsonian that explains the reasons for this mess
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.…meanwhile, a new study says half of us haven’t checked our credit reports or scores since the breach. No time like the present!
What if the biggest security risk your company faced was from an employee at a trusted vendor company? Third party risk management, or vendor risk management, is an emerging cybersecurity practice that larger companies are using to mitigate the risk that smaller, network connected third party and vendor companies can represent.
The classic example of the dangers a vendor can bring to another ...
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I recently read an article from Heimdal Security about online safety. In this article Heimdal had asked 18 experts in the field of cybersecurity for their top 3 ideas about how to stay secure. The contributors included top cybersecurity professionals from several anti-malware companies, security bloggers, and cybersecurity industry professionals. The original article is here.
What I found interesting were ...
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Looking to protect yourself from fraud, identity theft, and scams? Maybe you’re wondering about the best way to use credit, how to shop for a used car, or maximize your security online. Yesterday marked the start of National Consumer Protection Week.
National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) is an event to encourage people and businesses to learn more about avoiding ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Researchers say Mi-Cam is easy to hijack: turn it off to keep the kids from being eyeballed by prying eyes or chatted up by strangers.
Today we finish our story on the history of cyber warfare.
Attributed to Edward Snowden. The target was the National Security Agency of the United States. Snowden was a former CIA employee, who, while working for Booz Allen Hamilton as a contractor to the NSA, copied and leaked NSA information, particularly the computer exploits that the NSA used abroad and ...
Continue Reading →Today we continue our report on the history of cyber warfare.
Cyber attack attributed to the United States, Israel, Germany, and possibly Great Britain. Confirmed by General James Cartwright in November 2012. Target was Iran, particularly the Nuclear Program facility at Natanz. The excellent documentary Zero Days covers this operation in detail.
Since the Natanz facility was not ...
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