
Information security consultant, attorney, #CISSP, art lover, hiker, hockey goalie, lifter of heavy things & rank amateur landscape #photographer.
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How the government cyber-security forces guard the U.S. election. @saurnou joins Jim to report on how the #government #cybersecurity entities break down the #election process into three different elements and strategies. #SmallBusiness
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A family of Muslim immigrants from Turkey newly arrived in Germany.
The boy in the yellow t-shirt went on to lead the team that cracked the Covid vaccine.
With everything happening in the news, it's all too easy to forget about real threats to election security theatlantic.com/magazine/arc… #election2020 #electionsecurity #voterfraud #electioninterference #electionfraud #DemocracyRIP #riggedelection #fairfight #votingrights #vote2020
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A thing I am consistently struck by is that a lot of people, maybe even most people, outside of New York City seem to have no idea what it has been like here for the past two months
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but many governors do have realistic plans for reopening their state economies, and you don’t get to scream that they don’t have one and “lockdown is forever” just because you don’t bother to tune in and listen to them like an informed adult.
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Software vulnerability brokers are reportedly selling 2 zero-day #Zoom video conferencing app exploits. One, a remote code execution bug for Windows clients, is priced at $500K. #zeroday #0day ow.ly/M54O50zhowS
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Winter in the Glen
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Cyber-criminals are becoming more sophisticated. @saurnou and I report on the increasing effectiveness of #cybercriminals as they increasingly target specific businesses – like yours. #SmallBusiness #Cybersecurity #CyberCrime #Phishing #SpearPhishing
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A quiet winter morning at the lake
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“They’re going after various, primarily software firms, to try and hack into, not the firm itself, but into their client data.” @saurnou and I report on how #China is going after #ClientData of major corporations. #SmallBusiness #DataProtection ow.ly/a3Qg30nCrLe
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If only there were some government agency that could deal with deceptive trade practices. Oh, wait…
AT&T sued by Sprint, must defend decision to tell users that 4G is “5G E” arstechnica.com/information-… by @JBrodkin
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Ten bucks says that drive has Conficker.
Marine researchers have found a working USB thumb drive inside frozen leopard seal feces -- and it has photos and video from an unknown person's vacation on it cnn.it/2Dfhh20
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Perhaps Microsoft should make it an optional download, then?
Microsoft security chief: IE is not a browser, so stop using it as your default zd.net/2SezZRw via @ZDNet & @LiamT
The Winter 2019 session of Rutgers University's excellent Cybersecurity Certificate Program starts on January 22nd. If you're interested, drop me a line (plus I can get you a 20% discount)
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Photos unlock 40% of Android phones with face recognition techspot.com/news/78130-phot…




















