Screen Time Causing Mental Health Issues Are Overblown
Screen Time Causing Mental Health Issues Are OverblownTurns out that all the hub-bub about technology affecting the mental health of our teenager by increasing anxiety and depression may be quite over-blown. It turns out that when you look at all the studies and...
Big Tech Stomps All Over Small Businesses
Big Tech Stomps All Over Small BusinessesAre small tech companies being squeezed by tech giants? You bet and it has happened numerous times. Sometimes they announce a big product or service, never planning to ever bring it to market. They drive excitement for their...
Home Security and Alarm Systems Useless After Charter Cable Pulls Plug
Home Security and Alarm Systems Useless After Charter Cable Pulls PlugWhat happens when a cable company shuts down a product they previously sold to customers? What happens when they refuse to refund customers for proprietary products they purchased to support the...
Security First, Apple Stands Ground on iPhone Encryption
Security First, Apple Stands Ground on iPhone EncryptionThe Apple iPhone platform is based on security first. It is designed to be secure and private. To do that they use a proprietary encryption system. While there have been private companies who have tried to break...
No Security for Windows 7 After Today
No Security for Windows 7 After TodayAre you using Windows 7? Did you know some of the largest firms in the country (even large financial institutions) are still using it? Today is the day that Microsoft ends support for Windows 7 and will no longer offer security...
Technology Can Only Protect You So Much — Then Other Tactics are Needed
Technology Can Only Protect You So Much --- Then Other Tactics are NeededBusinesses of all sizes are now finding that all the technological security they put in place cannot protect them from threats that go after identity and credentials access. In the cyber-attack...
Zero-Day Browser Vulnerabilities
Zero-Day Browser Vulnerabilities“This is a catastrophe,” my wife said—slightly horrified—as she swiped through page after page of apps on my phone. “Why do you even have most of these?” It’s a good question. It’s hard to believe that just a decade ago, the App Store...
A Lesson to Learn – If it is Connected It can Be Hacked
A Lesson to Learn - If it is Connected It can Be HackedI remember years ago at CES 2013, when this young entrepreneur scheduled an interview with me to show off a prototype for his new Ring security device. At the time, IoT was in its infancy, and this product was...
Routers and Firewalls with Broadcom Chipsets Are Vulnerable
Routers and Firewalls with Broadcom Chipsets Are VulnerableHave you heard of the router/firewall critical vulnerability called Cable Haunt? Well, for 200 million worldwide users, this could soon be a nightmare come true. Cable Haunt allows a hacker to compromise the...
Social Engineering Comes to the Forefront of Attacks
Social Engineering Comes to the Forefront of AttacksWe depend on our smart devices and use them as a primary communication tool. Studies found that young adult users send over 2000 texts per month and receive over 1800 with that volume people are less wary, and it is...