In a land where sports teams regularly miss the glory (except the Linx, of course), it is nice to come in as number one in something. Unfortunately, it is number one worst winter!
From the Thrillist:
To think of the generally cheerful brood of Nordic-bred people being the winners in any sort of a contest of misery seems downright crazy. But ...
The United States recently accused the Russian government of trying to influence US elections last November, and has expelled 35 Russian diplomatic officials and closed two Russian diplomatic facilities, one in New York City, and the other in Maryland, near Washington DC.
The Russians are denying any direct involvement, of course, and are laying the blame on Russian cyber-criminal groups. But we have ...
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The House Judiciary Committee’s Encryption Working Group has released a report that comes out in favor of strong encryption, and opposed to the daft notion of creating encryption “backdoors” for law enforcement and government to use. As we have expressed in this blog previously, the concept that the secret backdoor keys could somehow be kept securely, when nothing else seems to be able to be kept secret, is the main ...
My uncle sent me this image, and I added it to my Pinterest account. Health tips from someone who has made a long run are always good.
This is the time of the year everyone writes either a year in review article, or a what’s coming in the new year post. Guess which one this is? I’ve been reading the pundits, and considering my own findings as a cybersecurity professional. I pulled together the following list for your review, and to help you plan where to spend your time, talent, and budget in 2017.
Cybersecurity professionals are in agreement. The Russians appear to have been actively engaged in influencing the outcome of our recent Presidential election. Specifics include compromising and taking over Hilary Clinton’s chief of staff, John Podesta’s personal Gmail account. This spear phishing exploit used a “near-miss” domain name of “accounts.googlemail.com” to trick John into clicking on a link and and entering his email credentials. The real domain name is accounts.google.com.
The FBI recently reported on arrests of a number of lottery scammers in what they call 
If Santa brings you a bunch of new electronic toys for Christmas, take an extra moment to secure them properly. Many new devices will work fine straight out of the box, but this usually means they are set up with very insecure manufacturer defaults. Here are our tips: