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I got an email notice from my bank today that said starting such and such a date they were implementing a new security feature for on-line banking. On that day if I want to do some on-line banking, I’ll have to enter my password on two consecutive screens to login. Now, I’ll admit I don’t…
For those of you who were worried, or just curious, Angela has been unable to blog because of technical difficulties with using FTP. And yes, she is going slightly insane. 🙂 (Angela..)No – it just seems like my best ideas come when I can’t “make a blog”. Here’s one that I have to get out,…
Maybe something to keep an eye on, this post at Day in the Life of a Information Security Investigator, where he talks about a product called WholeSecurity. I may need to spend some time researching this sucker and keep an eye on the comments over there to see if anyone has been using it. Follow…
Sarah makes a valid point. Sure, during the COVID pandemic it’s nice that you can go into a restaurant and scan a QR code to view the menu instead of handling physical menus. I worked in a restaurant kitchen in college, I know how nasty some menus can get. On the other hand, are we teaching people to trust something they shouldn’t trust?
Yes, this weekend our mail server blocked 542 copies of the NetSky virus in all it’s variations before they reached my end users. Apparently quite a few people out there in the world have been more than a little careless about opening attachments. So much for hoping that end users would learn not to do…