The Nest thermostat is a smart home automation device that aims to learn about your heating and cooling habits to help optimize your scheduling and power usage. Debuted in 2010, the smart NEST devices have been proved a huge success that Google spent $3.2B to acquire the whole company. However, the smartness of the thermostat […]
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EMEA members are also sharing their expertise on the (ISC)² blog. Why we continue to fail on Cyber Security is the question explored in the latest post to the (ISC)² Blog by Germany-based CSSLP Sorin Mustaca, in his fourth post now archived to the Blog; It is actually 5th post, but it was my fault that […]
Source : http://www.securityweek.com/feedback-friday-russian-hackers-obtain-12-billion-credentials-industry-reactions Sorin Mustaca, IT security expert and author of the Mustaca on Security blog: Every time I read such PR, it makes me think: “what are the press guys thinking when accepting such information without any kind of proof?” In my opinion, the most worrying part into this matter is the company that […]
I am very, very unhappy about the Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) created by Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell who will present their findings, as well as proof-of-concept software, at the Black Hatconference in Las Vegas this August. What makes me unhappy is how easy they generalize the fact that in some extraordinary circumstances some bad things can […]
I've been asked a lot of times, especially when I was working for an antivirus producer, why can't we simply write a software that always protects the users. Well, there is a short answer and a long answer. Short answer: Because 100% security does not exist and because most people are hackable due to being ignorant […]
Alternatively referred to as Private Browsing, InPrivate Browsing, and Private Window and informally as porn mode, Incognito is a mode that prevents some type of information from being stored locally. Pages you view in incognito tabs won’t stick around in your browser’s history, cookie store, or… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1oCsoW5 via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
Short answer: Because anyone is hackable due to being ignorant on what security is (of course, until he is hacked). Long answer: Human ignorance, about everything that might happen and it is not certain to happen. According to Webster.com, the definition of IGNORANCE is: : a lack of knowledge, understanding, or education : the state of being ignorant […]
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One of the larger questions facing the software industry is: How can I trust code that is published on the Internet? Code signing is the process of digitally signing executables and scripts to confirm the software author and guarantee that the code has not been altered or corrupted since it was signed by use of […]
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