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Monthly Archives: November 2015
VTech Electronic Toys Suffers Privacy Leak
An anonymous (not the group) hacker got into the VTech toy makers servers and downloaded 190 GB of data that included pictures of parents, kids, and chat logs between the parents and their children. That’s about 4.8 million registered users … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Information Technology Security Awareness, privacy, Security Awareness
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Cyber Monday…. Scammers Are Coming!
As you know, with Cyber Monday coming up and all the online shopping you are all doing, you and everybody you know will be hit in the email and all over your social media with probable scams. Be Aware and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, fraud, hackers, infographic, Security Awareness
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving. I’m so thankful for family and friends, great experiences, and having the skills to pay the bills! After dinner, Jaime and I rode our bikes around the neighborhood to burn off some of the food and fight the … Continue reading
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Jaime’s Birthday!
It’s Jaime’s birthday and she’s taking up a new hobby! Afterwards, we had a nice dinner with family to celebrate!
Police Body Cameras Infected with Conficker Worm
Conficker is a computer worm targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system that was first detected in November 2008. It uses flaws in Windows OS software and dictionary attacks on administrator passwords to propagate while forming a botnet, and has been unusually … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008, 2015, body cameras, computer worm, conficker, downadup, downup, gps, infection, Internet of Things, IoT, iPower, kido, Martel, Microsoft Windows, Police, Windows
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A Different Terror in France!
Airport systems in Paris Orly International Airport use a system called DECOR, which is used by air traffic controllers to communicate weather information to pilots. Pilots rely on the system when weather conditions are poor. The problem with DECOR is … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Airplane, compliance, France, Microsoft Windows, Orly
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Anonymous Reacts to Attacks in Paris
The video is in French, but below is the translation. The Anonymous collective has also reacted very quickly to the attacks that took place in the French capital . The next morning , a video was put online, directly declaring … Continue reading
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Tagged anonymous, attack, cyberterrorism, isis, Paris, terrorist
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Bad News, Good News
It’s with a heavy heart to announce that Jaime’s Uncle, Forrest, passed away during the night. I didn’t find out until I got back from my morning run. He was a great guy and really funny. We’ll miss him. After … Continue reading
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M
M is Facebook’s artificial intelligence personal assistant, that is still in beta testing. Arik Sosman wrote a blog post about his interaction with M and gave it an anti-turing test. He writes “When communicating with M, it insists it’s an … Continue reading
How Long Is Your PIN? IT DOESN’T MATTER!!!!
I can’t fathom setting up and memorizing a PIN as long as the person in this video has. Sometimes, no matter how secure you think you are by enabling encryption on your iPhone and using an ultra-long PIN number… Your … Continue reading
