I’ve often seen career advice about just updating your resume every quarter or so as you have new things you might want to include and the updated measurements. I think maybe it’s time we just set ourselves a quarterly reminder to go change all our web-based passwords as well. It’s probably safe to assume that…
Do I think it will reach this point? In some places, I think it will, yes. Will it get this bad in the US? I don’t know, but it will absolutely become much more common than it is. Have I ever been asked to unlock my phone and have my electronics searched when entering country?…
The lesson, as always, don’t use WordPress or any other web-facing technology if you aren’t going to keep up to date with it. “Earlier this month, users of the popular WordPress CMS were advised to upgrade to the latest version of the software to patch “an undisclosed critical vulnerability.” At the sound of that dogwhistle,…
I know that you’ve seen all the hype around AI and Machine Learning. It’s probably warranted. AI is in the process of making huge changes in how we work and live. Recently, though, I saw a good reminder of how much that machine learning is still dependent on the proper inputs, and of course, that…
Yeah, I think we can just go ahead and assume that if there is digital information out there, it’s been hacked. Seventy-three percent of Americans have been victims of cyber crimes, while 90 percent of US-based businesses have experienced unanticipated online breaches. Which begs the question, why do organizations keep so much data if they…
Seriously? Are there any grown ups who work for this place? More than 400,000 audio files associated with a Florida company’s telemarketing efforts were stored online in the clear, and were discovered earlier this month by researchers at MacKeeper. More than 17,600 of those audio recordings were customer transactions that included names, addresses, and credit card and…