Google is leading the push to an encrypted and more secure internet. The Chrome browser’s security team is changing the way Google Chrome handles web pages, with Firefox playing catchup.…
My blog has been slightly inactive on account of my travels. Here is a little Christmas gift. This article contains points that I have distilled from a presentation that I…
21 December 2016
21 December 2016
Security
backup, browsing, cybersecurity, password, patch, security, update
The Gartner magic quadrant is ubiquitous at security sales presentations. Being featured in the quadrant, the leaders quadrant in particular, is a part of the vendor pitch and the recognition…
09 November 2016
09 November 2016
Decision making, Information & Communication
cybersecurity, gartner, magic quadrant, security
Glenn Greenwald is the reporter who, along with Laura Poitras, broke Edward Snowden’s leaks about the NSA’s mass-surveillance program in 2013. In “No place to hide” Greenwald tells the story…
19 October 2016
19 October 2016
Privacy
cybersecurity, government, greenwald, insider, nsa, security, snowden, state, surveillance
‘Ghost in the wires’ is the autobiography of Kevin Mitnick, the “world’s most wanted hacker”. The book came out in 2011. Mitnick now claims to be reformed and has his…
05 October 2016
05 October 2016
Security
book, criminal, cybersecurity, hacker, hacking, mitnick, security, social engineering
“The only secure computer is one that’s unplugged, locked in a safe, and buried 20 feet under the ground in a secret location… and I’m not even too sure about…
You may have heard recently that Whatsapp’s privacy policy has changed ‘for the worse’ and that it is now sharing user account information with Facebook. What’s that all about and…
30 August 2016
30 August 2016
Information & Communication, Privacy
cybersecurity, messaging, privacy, security, whatsapp
Information security / cybersecurity is all over the news these days with a serious hack / breach reported just about every week. News reporters and salesmen are happy to capitalise…
20 August 2016
20 August 2016
Information & Communication, Security
advanced persistent threat, apt, buzzword, cybersecurity, security, zero day
There was news very recently about an online storage provider named Carbonite being “breached” through a password reuse attack. What might that be? It is just as it sounds like:…
26 June 2016
26 June 2016
Security
attack, cybersecurity, password, password manager, reuse, security
I had been anticipating this for a while: there has finally been a publicly known case where the social contact between ransomware extortionists and their victims had been broken. The contract? That…
29 May 2016
29 May 2016
Ethics & Fraud, Security
criminal, cybersecurity, encryption, malware, ransomware, security