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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 scams ...
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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 ...
Continue Reading →Cyberwarfare is becoming a more prevalent form of cyber-attack, and one that may be hard for an individual or a small business owner to understand or defend against. Of Friday we took a look at the definition and practice of cyber war. This week we will review the history cyberwar incidents, the attackers, the targets, and the outcome of the best known ...
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.From the Smithsonian: A look at the history of unexplained flying objects through the lens of human technological change.
02/01/2018 09:22 PM EST Original release date: February ...
Continue Reading →What is a cyber warfare attack exactly, and what is it that separates it from a garden variety cyber attack? When does a cyber attack cross the line into actual warfare? Is it a cyber attack launched by a nation-state or other political or quasi-political entity against the resources of another nation-state? What separates cyber war from actual armed conflict? The answers are ...
Windows XP was released on 2001 replaced by Windows Vista (ugh) in 2006, and Windows 7 in 2009. Official support from Microsoft, including security updates, ended in 2014. It is now 16 years old. Yet 7% of PCs worldwide are still running Windows XP. Considering there are about 3 billion PC in use, that’s a whopping 210 million computers. It is easy to assume that most of these computers are ...