Sorry for this post, as it is not really funny at all, at least not for the 22 year old German factory worker who was killed in a Volkswagen plant by a factory robot at the beginning of July. But happening as it did around the release of Terminator Genisys, the irony is tough to ignore.
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In the last couple of weeks we have read about two new security issues with Apple’s OSX operating system. The first was about a new threat named “CORED” or “XARA” (for Cross-App Resource Access). In this exploit a rogue app on the App Store could use the elevated privileges of another installed app to execute malicious code at a higher ...
I finished Bruce Schneier’s latest contribution to the realm of corporate and governmental surveillance. This book is a great read if you want to understand just who IS spying on you. Turns out it is not just the NSA, but big corporations are collecting all data they can on customers and potential customers, and this information is sold and exchanged. Then there is the unholy alliance between corporate American and Big Government surveillance.
At the end, he recommended solutions in the ...
Continue Reading →As ironic as it may seem, since Google knows more about us than even the NSA, Google has stepped up with a new tool called My Account to help people control their online privacy. If you have been lamenting the loss of personal privacy in the Internet age, here at last is something you can do about it. It may not address all your concerns, but here is a start.
You will be able to control Sign-in and Security, Personal ...
Continue Reading →If you went to see Jurassic World, or even if you only saw the trailers on TV, you saw this image of Chris Pratt training the velociraptors.
It turns out that zookeepers have been inspired to create similar images, such as the one below.
It 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 ...
Hewlett Packard is offering Security Users Awareness Training that offers to teach your employees how to “become a human firewall.” The web site includes a training library, support materials, and an FAQ page. There is also an 21 day free trial offer. This is clearly targeted at their larger enterprise customers, and pricing is based on number of students and ...
Recently I got a late night phone-call from a client, and in the background I could hear his computer telling him that it was infected with malware and that his problem could be solved by calling a certain phone number. This was being generated by a pop-up “security alert” window that had materialized when he was on the web comparing the merits of a 1.6 gallon flush to ...
