According to the Second Amendment of the US Constitution, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” This is not a story about guns. This is a story about Kali Linux and other hacker tools. This is a story about ...
Literally, a gold mine. A team or researchers analyzed an iPhone to see what elements were used in manufacturing one. You must watch the video (below), where they toss an iPhone into a blender.
Years ago, when I was in school, they tried to give us the metric system, but we rejected it. For those of you that need help with conversion, there are ...
Continue Reading →Found this on Pinterest. Of course, I drive a Kia. Nothing wrong with paste either.
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.In our earlier post, we issued a warning to users of the Social Warfare plugin regarding a zero-day vulnerability affecting their sites. At this time, the plugin’s developers have issued a patch for the flaw. All users are urged to update to version 3.5.3 immediately.
Would you like to use a keylogger to spy on your spouse? How about your kids? Is it legal? Can an employer use a keylogger to monitor employee computer activity in the workplace?
Usually, when I am discussing keyloggers, it is the kind of keylogger a cyber-criminal would use, and how to keep them off our computer. Today we are looking at this from another angle.
A keylogger, if you don’t know, is ...
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If you are a small business owner or manager, you have a target on your back. You face a special set of risks from cyber-crime exploits. Most often, you do not have the financial resources to afford a full time IT support employee. You do not have the budget for expensive Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), or Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems. You might not even have a firewall, or ...
It’s April Fools Day, and in honor of those people who are still trading away safety for convenience when working with a computer or online, we have a short list of simple and basic security methods. If you are someone who provides “tech support” for a family member or are the “go-to” unofficial tech support in a small business, this is a good place to start.
This is simple stuff, but important, ...
Continue Reading →Close enough, so I decided to write about my favorite IT style April Fool’s Day pranks:
Switch right and left mouse buttons – In the control panel, mouse, there is a check box to switch the left and right buttons. While ostensibly for left-handed people, this will pretty much try your victim batty.
BSOD Screensaver. The infamous Blue Screen of Death means your computer ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.March 31 is World Backup Day. Monday is April Fool’s Day. Coincidence? I think not. I you are one of the hold-outs who is going to get around to it someday, today is your chance.
Google’s Project Zero researchers have revealed a “high ...
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Here’s a kick in the head. Your tax dollars at work in a way that may save you a bunch of money. The National Security Agency has voluntarily released a software reverse engineering tool called Ghidra at the RSA security conference. The NSA has been using this tool internally to take apart and analyze malicious code, and to find vulnerabilities in commercial software ...