I love technology, but the day I walk out to my car and it demands bitcoin ransom before it will even start, might be the day that living off the grid starts to sound like a plan. Not a plan for me necessarily, but a plan. Seriously though, this is why the whole IoT security…
Oh this is going to be fun…. “Last year, I wrote about the potential for doxers to alter documents before they leaked them. It was a theoretical threat when I wrote it, but now Citizen Lab has documented this technique in the wild:” I’ve looked at this sort of thing before, and it scares me….
Every company has workaholics who can’t leave their duties behind when heading out on vacation. They’re kind of worker who, if the hotel doesn’t have Wi-Fi, will rush to the closest coffee shop or eatery to stay connected, check email and jump onto a video conference call. Those are the kinds of insecure wireless networks that…
“(NEWSER) – It’s possible the experts in attendance Tuesday at a cybersecurity conference in the Netherlands didn’t know what to make of 11-year-old Reuben Paul when the sixth-grader from Texas took the stage. But by the end of his presentation, they were tweeting compliments like “respect” and “the future of cybersecurity,” Mashable reports. According to…
“US and EU officials have decided against a ban on laptops and tablets in cabin baggage on flights from Europe. But after a four-hour meeting in Brussels to discuss the threats to aviation security, officials said other measures were still being considered.” I’m glad someone came to their senses, but I’m still concerned about the…
“The CBS report cites unnamed sources close to the DHS, who say the ban on larger devices could be expanded to flights departing for the US from Europe and perhaps the UK. Government officials “have been meeting with US airlines on a nearly weekly basis,” and a decision could come within the next few weeks….