Snowden – Two Years Later

Edward-Snowden-FOPF-2014It has been two years since Edward Snowden revealed to the world the programs behind the largest mass surveillance programs ever mounted by a government against its own citizens.  The fact that it was taking place here, in the land of the free and home of the brave was a sad day for the constitutional republic knows as the United ...

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Have a WordPress Site? Better Secure It!

WordPresslogoWordPress has become an incredibly popular web design platform, and currently has about a 25% share of all web sites on the Internet.  As an open-source software product that is free to download and use, with a great support and documentation through WordPress.org, and a huge, international development community providing an endless array of themes, plug-ins and widgets, it is ...

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Apologies

My apologies to my regular readers.  Today one of my posts left the oven before it was completely baked.  If the encryption topic is of interest to you, please stay tuned, we will be releasing that post once again, after it is finished.

Linux Needs Security Too

linux-logoIf you are running a Linux server or Linux desktop in your environment, you need to consider the following security strategies.  Linux users suffer in some cases from the popular delusions of invulnerability that Apple users are prone to, and for some of the same reasons.  Such as, most malware only runs on Windows so why should I care?  Or, Linus is such a small target with less than 2% ...

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Sunday Funnies: French Parking Meters Insult Mayor

I usually go off-topic on Sunday, but every now and again something funny happens in the world of cybersecurity.  According to Sophos, some clever wag, possibly a disgruntled former employee of the parking meter company, possibly an outside hacker with a political ax to grind, was able to breach the computer system that controlled the parking meters in Meaux, a small town outside of Paris, and place a message insulting the town’s mayor at the bottom of the ...

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IRS Breach – What To Do

irs-logoAs you have already heard, cyber-thieves from Russia have compromised the IRS Get Transcript website and were able to get records of previous years’ tax filings in order to file fraudulent returns and collect refunds.  What was special about this heist is that the IRS servers were not breached directly, but that the attackers were able to use data gathered elsewhere, from lists of identity information bought on ...

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