Are You Wise When it Comes to Digital Security?
Are You Wise When it Comes to Digital Security? Are you wise? Knowledge: (noun) – acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: Understanding: (noun) – mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation; superior power of discernment; Wisdom: (noun) – knowledge of what is true or right […]
Look Who’s Talking; And Who’s Listening In?
Look Who’s Talking; And Who’s Listening In? 1989, 1990, and 1993 gave us movies whose claim to fame was listening in on the thoughts of characters who were babies. Of course the parents were unaware of this dialogue and that gave the movies their charm, I guess. The conversations were on a level of the […]
Go Wash Your Hands; Cyber Security
Go Wash Your Hands; Cyber Security Wash your hands!! That is a familiar refrain offered to children from parents for a long time. We have a friend with two children and I still remember this common exchange: Mother (to children): Did you wash your hands? Children: Yes Mother: With soap? Children: OK, we will We […]
Skynet or Meatnet? Social Engineering and the Future.
Skynet or Meatnet? Social Engineering and the Future. I have talked about IoT and how that future can be a little grim. Of course the ultimate bad outcome of misapplied computing resources is the rogue AI that controls the world to the detriment of humanity. Remember Skynet? In The Terminator, Skynet was a computer system developed […]
Is Facebook Still a “Thing”?
Is Facebook Still a “Thing”? With the rapid pace of technological change and the changing tastes of new generations, it is easy to assume that whatever was popular last year is in the Recycle Bin for this year. Facebook certainly has had a long run. Is that run coming to an end? It would seem […]
We Live in a Target-Rich Environment
We Live in a Target-Rich Environment In the movie “Top Gun” Maverick and Goose walk into the officer’s club and Maverick says “This is what I call a target-rich environment.” This came to mind while perusing the latest in the long list of security issues that have come to light recently. Today’s cyber bad guys […]
Cyber Threats; Like Monsters in the Dark
Cyber Threats; Like Monsters in the Dark Child lying bed just before bedtime: I’m afraid of the dark Father: Well, think of it this way kiddo, if it’s really dark, the monsters will have more trouble finding you. (source: http://www.savagechickens.com/2017/02/the-dark.html) While the internet has many dark places where monsters lurk, it seems they are on […]
The IoT Is After Me!
The IoT Is After Me! In the movie “Young Frankenstien”, Gene Wilder’s character comes to the realization that following in his grandfather’s footsteps is inevitable, prompting the following quote from Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “All right, you win. You win. I give. I’ll say it. I’ll say it. I’ll say it. DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT […]
