Do Not Use These Chrome Extensions
Do you use any of the following Chrome browser extensions? Change HTTP Request Header Nyoogle - (a custom logo for Google) Stickies - (a Post-It note for Chrome) Lite Bookmarks If ...
Backdoor In Certain Lenovo Switches Discovered
Does your company utilize either RackSwitch or BladeCenter networking switches? Are those switches running ENOS (the Enterprise Network Operating System)? If so, there's a backdoor in your network you weren't aware ...
Vulnerabilities Found In Some GPS Services
A duo of researchers stumbled across a series of vulnerabilities in literally hundreds of GPS services that leave sensitive GPS tracking data open to hackers. Dubbed "Trackmageddon" by the researchers, the ...
Electronic Device Search Rules Better Defined By US Customs
There's a constant tug of war playing out on the national stage. On one side, privacy advocates are pushing for greater autonomy for end users, and hard limits to the types ...
New Wifi Standard WPA3 May Be Coming
Remember the KRACK WiFi (WPA2) vulnerability, discovered by Mathy Vanhoef? It turns out that his discovery was a catalyst for action. Recently, the WiFi Alliance, which is the industry's standards organization, ...
Hard Drives May Double In Speed With New Technology
What's an HDD manufacturer to do when faced with competition by faster, more efficient SSD drives? Go big, and go faster. At least that's the strategy that both Seagate and Western ...
Better Parental Controls Underway For Apple Devices
Recently, a group of investors wrote an open letter to Apple, urging the company to do more in regards to offering better and more robust parental controls on the devices the ...
Ransomware Attackers Are Increasing Their Attacks On Businesses
The ransomware ecosystem is maturing. Strains are divided into "families" and the number of new families that have been discovered in 2017 is half what it was in 2016. Even so, the ...
Paypal-Owned Company Sees Breach Of 1.6 Million Customers
TIO Networks, a cloud-based, multi-channel bill payment platform purchased by Paypal for $233 million in 2017, was breached earlier this year, exposing PII (Personally Identifiable Information) for an estimated 1.6 million of ...
Former Employees Pose Serious Risk To Security
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reminded those who deal with PHI and PII of the dangers that terminated employees can pose to system security ...
