IT Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Exacerbated by Coronavirus

IT Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Exacerbated by Coronavirus

IT Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Exacerbated by Coronavirus Whenever there is a big story in the News you will find Cybercriminals willing and eager to exploit people using keywords and topics from news stories.  With all the stories about the Coronavirus that...
The security mistakes made by the Iowa Democratic Party in creating their App

The security mistakes made by the Iowa Democratic Party in creating their App

The security mistakes made by the Iowa Democratic Party in creating their App Last week there was a caucus in Iowa. Caucuses by their very nature are prone to manipulation and miscounting. Then you add in the fact that the party chose to use a new technology that was...
Coronavirus bringing out opportunistic Hackers

Coronavirus bringing out opportunistic Hackers

Coronavirus bringing out opportunistic Hackers Whenever there is something in the news we find cybercriminals willing to exploit it in some way. Currently, the big news is the Coronavirus that is spreading from Wuhan, China. We have seen email malware being spread...
Extensive US Intellectual Property theft by Chinese being investigated by FBI

Extensive US Intellectual Property theft by Chinese being investigated by FBI

Extensive US Intellectual Property theft by Chinese being investigated by FBI Intellectual theft is a huge problem in the US and the largest perpetrator is the Chinese government.   They target military sub-contractors and sub-sub-contractors, universities,...
DHS wants to track illegal aliens using available cell-phone location data. ACLU says Whoa!

DHS wants to track illegal aliens using available cell-phone location data. ACLU says Whoa!

DHS wants to track illegal aliens using available cell-phone location data. ACLU says Whoa! We have a problem with illegal immigrants.  Now don’t get me wrong we love immigrants and they can add a lot to our economy but those immigrants come to our country through...
Apple is being two-faced about its security. Turns out they have a backdoor key to our backups.

Apple is being two-faced about its security. Turns out they have a backdoor key to our backups.

Apple is being two-faced about its security. Turns out they have a backdoor key to our backups. Reports say that Apple is not going to allow customers to fully encrypt backups of the iOS data they store in iCloud after the FBI demanded access two years ago. Any...