The Lockdown and Business – A Dangerous Combination
Our businesses had to rush to get employees and contractors working from home. But at what cost? I examine the latest example, the attempted poisoning of an entire town. What can businesses do to help ensure their ability to survive storms, computer failures, and...
WCAX – Interview with Craig Peterson
Previously Undetected Malware infects 30K Mac'sThere’s a popular stereotype that Apple’s computers are mostly immune to malware. That is incorrect. A security firm named Red Canary was the first to discover this malware in August of 2020. They have named it "Silver...
Tech Talk Show Notes February 6, 2021
Read. Learn. Share TECH TALK SHOW NOTES February 6, 2021Drone Swarms Are Getting Too Fast For Humans To Fight, U.S. General Warns General John Murray, head of Army Futures Command, told a webinar audience at the Center for Strategic & International Studies that...
Tech Talk Show Notes February 13, 2021
Read. Learn. Share Tech Talk Show Notes February 13. 2021Strengthening Zero Trust Architecture The invention of the term "Zero Trust" is generally credited to former Forrester analyst John Kindervag more than a decade ago. Although it's not new, the concept has...
Online Trading – Staying Safe
Using Online Trading Apps Safely Chris Ryan: There's been a lot of discussion about, online trading and, getting involved with different aspects of trading outside the traditional methods. [00:00:10] I'm curious as to what you think of that from a safety perspective,...
Tech Talk Show Notes January 24 – 30, 2021
Read. Learn. Share TECH TALK SHOW NOTES January 30, 2021Cloud Jacking: The Bold New World of Enterprise Cybersecurity Those with their finger on the pulse of emerging cybersecurity threats are already aware that there's a new danger in town: cloud jacking. The...
The Best Way to Prevent a Hack – Solarwinds, the Russians, and What You Can Do About It
Craig Peterson: Well, it's looking more and more like those Russian hackers are behind the massive SolarWinds cyber attacks. Hackers use it to compromise many U. S. Government agencies ' networks. Some of the most sensitive agencies you can think of, including the...
Show Notes January 10 – 16, 2021
Tech Talk Show Notes January 10-16, 2021WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messenger that claims to have privacy coded into its DNA, is giving its 2 billion-plus users an ultimatum: agree to...
Show Notes January 3 – 9, 2021
Tech Talk Show Notes January 3-9, 2021 DDoS Attacks Spiked, Became More Complex in 2020 The large-scale shift to remote work and the increased reliance on online services as the result of the global pandemic this year gave threat actors new opportunities to use...
Show Notes Dec 27, 2020 to Jan 2, 2021
Tech Talk Show Notes December 27, 2020 - January 2, 2021 Mozilla praises Apple anti-tracking privacy features in iOS 14 Mozilla, the organization that maintains Firefox and other open source projects, has launched a new campaign in support of a suite of privacy...