A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month which is an annual campaign to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. The Internet touches almost all aspects of everyone’s daily life, whether we realize it or ...
Cybersecurity researchers at Armis Labs have released information about a new attack vector called BlueBorne. This exploit has the potential to put millions of devices running Windows, Linux, Android or iOS operating systems at risk.
This exploit allows attackers to connect over the Bluetooth radio system with having to first pair the two Bluetooth enabled devices. Once installed, the attacker has full control ...
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A security research found 10 “critical” security flaws in a popular D-Link wireless router. This is not the first time that poor security has painted this company with the ugly stick. They have previously been sued by the Federal Trade Commission, and we have reported about their deficiencies in this blog.
Security researcher Pierre Kim says the D-Link DIR-850L AC1200 Dual Band Gigabit Cloud router has 10 security vulnerabilities serious enough for ...
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This story reads like fiction. OK, not great fiction, but this story illustrates another way that WordPress websites can be hijacked and used to promote a cyber scam.
WordPress websites are often hijacked so a phisher can host their landing page on a site that does not lead back to them. And WordPress sites can be interesting targets for other cyber-criminals who export ...
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How Bullwinkle Taught Kids Sophisticated Political SatireI grew up on Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dudley Doright, and Peabody and Mr Sherman. Here’s a great article from the Smithsonian. It explains how I became a political independent, doubter, freethinker, and rule avoider. It was the subversive cartoons of my childhood! And all on TV!
Now that I am spending a lot of time in the wilds of northwest Wisconsin, ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.A court ruling means that Yahoo! and its parent company, Verizon, could end paying a heavy price for the huge breaches that saw more than 1 billion people’s details compromised.
The Sophos Naked security blog ran an article in August that was a disappointing revelation about major online brands that allow ridiculously easy user passwords. Just because a web site will permit you to use a bad password, doesn’t mean you should. Our current recommendation is to use passwords of at least 15 characters, and couple that with two-factor authentication at every opportunity.
The password management program Dashlane performed an audit of 37 online brands and rated their ...
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I know many of the other speakers and this looks like a terrific lineup. Block out the day and get some valuable information you ...
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Two-factor and multi-factor authentication are becoming more important and more available as we struggle to secure our information from attackers. These factors are something you know, something you have, and something you are. Biometrics (something you are) are one of the three factors used in computer, network, and application authentication.
Biometrics include thumbprint or fingerprint readers, palm scanners, iris and retinal scanners, facial recognition, speech recognition, and even arcane systems that ...
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This is one of my favorite unofficial holidays (the other being Sys Admin Day). Here is a link to the official website. Looks like there is a tee-shirt available. Actually, there is quite a bit of cool pirate swag, so check it out.