Will Your Thermostat Be The Next Device Held For Ransom?
An interesting and disturbing new form of Ransomware was on display at this year’s Def Con convention, in Las Vegas. So far as anyone knows, this is the first, proof […]
Is Your Home’s New Smart Deadbolt Secure?
Much has been written in previous months about the explosion in growth of the (IOT) Internet of Things, and the security risks posed by that growth. Where PCs, laptops, and […]
Internal Breaches On The Rise For Many Companies
In some important ways, the media has a tendency to distort the reality where hacking and data breaches are concerned. The stories that tend to make the headlines are the […]
Passwords More Popular Than Fingerprint Scanners in U.S.
Although a number of tech companies have been working hard to create new and ever more robust security and authentication protocols, a recent survey revealed that the American public in […]
USB-C Getting Certification Program To Protect Against Safety Issues
You probably don’t know the name Benson Leung. He’s one of the internet’s unsung heroes, and in recent months, he’s been quietly waging a one-man war against manufacturers producing faulty […]
Survey Shows Company CIO’s Are Looking At Cloud Services
There has been an explosive growth in companies offering private cloud as part of a broader offering of managed services, and businesses are responding positively to the trend. Interestingly, while […]
Sage Is Latest Company To Report Internal Data Breach
Sage, LLC, a British company providing business software solutions for clients around the world, was the latest victim of a data breach. This one, however, came from inside the company […]
90 Percent of People Ignore Important PC Security Warnings
What do you do when you get a popup window generated by some piece of software you use, informing you of a critical update? Do you stop what you’re doing […]
Ransomware Heavily Targeting Health Care Companies
You’ve probably seen the headlines. This year, hardly a week goes by that there isn’t a report of a company in some way connected to the health care industry falling […]
New Tech Can Copy And Mimic Your Handwriting
Researchers at University College London have created a fascinating algorithm that can take a sample of hand-written text, and imitate it with eerie similarity. At first glance, that might seem […]
Adobe Flash May Soon End On Google Chrome
Adobe’s beleaguered Flash player may finally be seeing its last days, at least if Google has anything to say about it. The player has been exceedingly popular, and at its […]
App From Microsoft Creates Better Two-Factor Authentication
Microsoft is a company that definitely understands the need for better and more secure information systems. Like many other tech companies, they’ve been pushing hard for two-factor authentication protocols covering […]