Category: Security

May 12, 2016

No More Wi-Fi Password-Sharing Option in Windows 10

Windows 10 currently has a feature called Wi-Fi Sense that allows you to share your Wi-Fi password with your contacts.

May 09, 2016

5 Simple Questions to Ask Cloud Providers

Let there be no mistake about it. Businesses are moving to the cloud. It is no longer if you will

May 05, 2016

Microsoft and Google Obtain Security and Privacy Certifications

Security continues to be a major concern for those moving their data and applications to the cloud. Microsoft and Google

May 04, 2016

Are You Ready for the Death of SHA-1?

Perhaps the better question is: What is SHA-1? Essentially, SHA-1 is a cryptographic algorithm that is used to generate secure

Apr 28, 2016

Researchers Can Track Waze Drivers and Create Fake Traffic

Waze is a Google app that uses crowdsourcing to determine and display traffic events. I've seen my sons use it

Apr 26, 2016

Are Brain Waves the Next Logon Method?

Passwords are not dead, but we continue to look for more and more methods to securely access applications and data.

Apr 25, 2016

State of Application Security

Shane Owens, of Arxan, sent me a link to some wonderful resources for application security. This is Arxan's 5th Application

Apr 20, 2016

Cloud Security Compromised by URL Shorteners

I have never been a fan of shortened URLs since you really have no clue where you will end up

Apr 19, 2016

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Can Crack BlackBerry Messenger Encryption

The battle over encryption is still white hot even though the FBI announced that they were able to crack into

Apr 18, 2016

Uninstall Apple QuickTime for Windows – Now!

Apple hasn't patched QuickTime for Windows for the past several months and apparently has no intention of ever doing it

Apr 13, 2016

Get the Peyta Ransomware Decrypt Password for Free

Peyta is a pretty scary infection that takes ransomware to a new level. It not only encrypts your data, but

Apr 11, 2016

Emergency Update for Flash

Adobe has issued an emergency update for Flash. The patch addresses a critical zero-day vulnerability. More and more people are