How a Quirk in the Law Lets Google Own You
In general, it is illegal for people to read your email, intercept your text messages, or listen in on or record your telephone calls. In fact, the federal wiretap law,…
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A former Microsoft employee has been arrested for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to Windows 8, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Alex Kibkalo, a former senior architect at Microsoft, is…
DetailsSecuring the Enterprise: Crazy Ideas from the Ivory Tower
Doing security at a university is both interesting and scary. Because you have to provide both an open environment for research and instruction, and enterprise level security for the business…
DetailsCyber Defense: We’ve Been Doing It Backwards
The number of breaches that have occurred in the past 12 months (Target, U of MD, etc.) serve as a warning that traditional defense mechanisms are not working. I ask…
DetailsDo Employees Have an Expectation of Privacy at Work
Employees have no expectation of privacy at work, right? And this is especially true for government employees working on government computers on government networks? Right? I mean, the log on…
DetailsRumors Swirl that Twitter Shelved Encryption Project
Considering that many vendors and online services are rushing to encrypt their user communications and other network traffic in the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations, it’s surprising that Twitter…
DetailsThrough the Looking Glass
In Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking Glass” Humpty Dumpty tells Alice [the one of Alice in Wonderland], “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to…
DetailsCyber Attacks Underway in Ukraine-Russia Conflict
While Ukraine gears up for a military offensive in response to the referendum in Crimea voting to secede and join Russia, attackers on both sides of the border have already…
DetailsSecurity, Where Myths Should Go to Die
There are tellers of tales and debunkers of myths. An organization needs both. An example: the March of Dimes needed people to have the vision of eradicating Polio. Its very…
DetailsPingbacks from 162,000 WordPress Sites Used in DDoS Attack
Attackers don’t need special tools or malware to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks. A recent DDoS attack that brought down a site involved 162,000 WordPress sites and a documented feature. A…
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