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Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 13:08:46 +0000
Sex toy makers are increasingly connecting their products to the internet, but privacy is often an afterthought. One researcher showed that an alternative is possible.
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Credit to Author: Jordan Pearson| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 13:00:00 +0000
Please respect turtles.
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Credit to Author: James Cabe| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 12:52:00 +0000
Clouds are tricky things. It’s hard to tell where the foundations of a cloud reside. You could point at the physical infrastructure. Some of the best side-channel attacks target hardware. There is the operating system that runs everything. And there is the middleware, billing, hypervisors, drivers and web front ends. The potential attack surface of a cloud service provider (CSP) or consumption market platform is gigantic.
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Credit to Author: James Cabe| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 12:50:00 +0000
In the simplest terms, the cloud allows users to store and access data and programs on someone else’s hardware, usually over the internet, rather than using their local device or network resources. But it is much more than simply offsite storage. It also includes services that allow users to replicate some or all of their local environment, from running applications to designing complex infrastructures. And it needs to be able to scale to lots of users. Simply put, you do not have a “cloud” unless…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 13:00:36 +0000
A hacker connects a mysterious device to a lock, picks its code within a few seconds, and unlocks the door. That’s how it always happens in the movies, but is it the same in real life?
Read MoreCredit to Author: Ryan Delany| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 12:00:46 +0000
Over the years Trend Micro has collaborated with and learned from a variety of MSPs. Today’s threat landscape is continuously evolving, becoming more complex and sophisticated than it was even a year ago. For MSPs to rely on a single solution is not practical or in the best interest of their customers. To maximize customers’…
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 05:19:00 -0700
There’s no question that you need to keep your Windows machine patched. In this age of EternalBlue and Shadow Brokers, Wikileaks and the CIA, avoiding Windows security patches is like hanging a sign out on the internet that says, “Kick me.”
That said, there’s no reason for savvy Windows users to succumb to Microsoft’s patching pace. Windows Automatic Update is great — vital — for your sainted aunt Martha, who’s afraid that anything other than playing mahjong will break her computer. But Auto Update’s an unnecessary risk for people who know how to use Windows and who keep up to date on Windows developments. If you’re knowledgeable enough to be reading this, you should seriously consider taking Windows patching into your own hands.
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Credit to Author: Jason Johnson| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 10:59:22 +0000
This DIY electronic project unlocks the secrets of Sega’s sound chips.
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