by dianak | Nov 20, 2017 | Security
There’s an interesting discussion going on in the Linux Kernel email list. Normally, the intimate details of Linux kernel development don’t make it to the security trade media (let alone the mainstream media), but this one did. For example, The Register...
by dianak | Nov 16, 2017 | Security
A few interesting things in the news today. In fact, I think they are most interesting in the presence of each other. You may know that November 7-8 was the CyberSat conference? If you weren’t aware of it, CyberSat is an event that is “…dedicated to...
by dianak | Nov 15, 2017 | Security
Have you noticed a sudden surge in interest about “digital transformation” out there in the wild wild word of web? I have. It’s a whole thing nowadays. I usually don’t comment on stuff like this because, frankly, I’m a practical guy...
by dianak | Nov 10, 2017 | Security
Have you heard about the Vault 8 stuff? If you haven’t, Vault 8 is a new repository at Wikileaks for US Intelligence software tools. One particularly interesting thing they put out there is Hive — I’ll warn you that I haven’t gone through it...
by dianak | Nov 8, 2017 | Security
Last week was a huge news week for Twitter security apparently. There were a few stories about it: Trump’s feed was deleted for eleven minutes by an angry customer support rep leading to a host of folks calling for better security for the platform, there...
by dianak | Nov 7, 2017 | Security
Ah Equifax. For connoisseurs of human folly, it is truly the gift that keeps on giving. Today we have a report from Equifax, commissioned by their board, that concludes that those executives that sold their shares just a few short days after the breach were all...
