Sometimes, you just have to be amazed at the inanity of things our government – and private associations- do. No, I’m not talking about the 6th of January or TheDonald. (Although, those two certainly do eclipse this stupidity.)
Continue reading All talk and no action?
First, to our friends in France. C'est le jour de la Bastille! Happy Bastille Day!
I have a long-time buddy and a bunch of clients who work for the government (ok, their client/employer is the DOD/NSA) and their only portfolio is cybersecurity.
I just don’t get it.
Microsoft Exchange Server updates in March- and is exploited for ransomware via backdoors left in the software.
Continue reading It’s not just four letter words that are problems. Cyber is a 5 letter one.
I sometimes (ok, oftentimes) wonder why folks keep letting things fall through the cracks. Sure, I can blame it on the Turtle, who wants no legislation passed, just wrong wing judges appointed. But, even he must care about folks who live in his state. Or, not, given the conditions that obtain in Kentucky right now…
Continue reading We are dropping the ball
Ransomware.
This is malware (aka malicious software) that is designed to deny access to one’s computer or data system unless or until a sum of money is paid the hacker. (That’s the “ransom” in ransomware.)
Here’s a firm you might never heard mentioned- but you should add it to your watch list. Especially their resources page.
Continue reading The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!
Experts. OK. I understand what an expert is when it comes to a narrow field. Because it is possible to be “THE” man (or woman) in a concise area. But, when it comes to medicine- there’s renal, pulmonary, neurology, etc. You get the idea.
Continue reading False Security
No matter what Donald Trump says, sentient beings recognize the fact that Russia had a field day with the Democratic Party apparatus. (The Russians probably attacked the Republican Party, too- but they kept that data for their own internal use.) And, those same sentient beings also recognize that this was the primary Democratic party sites (and certainly John Podesta’s eMail)- they didn’t seem to hack Hilary Clinton’s private server.
Continue reading Woops, there goes another kilowatt dam…
Last week, I got up and began my normal routine. Brushed my teeth, washed my face, and meandered over to the computer I use to review my blog posts one last time before I post them. Read a few blogs from others and help them garner some notoriety (via twitter and Google plus). Except…
Continue reading Your number has been disconnected or is not in service
It’s not very funny. Especially if you live in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area. But, here’s the “joke” that I cracked last week. (This post was written on 4 August 2012.) Dominion Power and Pepco are thrilled at the recent events. India proved to the world that these two (Dominion and Pepco) were not the worst utility companies in the world. After all, they only blacked out one region of the US with a million or so residents. India blacked out 18 states and 680 million people.
Continue reading London Bridge is Falling Down…
