For
my Computer Security students.
Free
Python Script Detects MitM Vulnerability in OpenSSL
Tripwire
has released a free Python script that’s designed to help
organizations determine if their servers are affected by the recently
patched Man-in-the Middle (MitM) vulnerability
in OpenSSL.
…
The
OpenSSL CCS Inject Test Script is available for download
on Tripwire’s website.
For
anyone living under a rock.
For
Sale: Practically All the Details of Your Personal Life
…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently published the report
Data
Brokers: A Call for Transparency and Accountability. It’s an
eye opener for anyone who thinks they lead a private life. Companies
known as data brokers collect and sell just about every kind of data
point about your life, and it goes far beyond what the NSA is doing
with phone calls and emails.
Here's
the report I blogged about yesterday.
Net
Losses: Estimating the Global Cost of Cybercrime
At
least someone is thinking about the future.
Preparing
for the Internet of Things
What
are you doing to prepare for the Internet of Things in your company?
How are you going to handle connectivity of the new internet-enabled
"things"? How will you handle the new bandwidth
requirements from network-hungry devices? Are you prepared for the
amount of storage required to maintain those devices? What about
security concerns for new devices? And, how will you handle the
significant amount of device and user management that's coming your
way?
You
might not know the answers to any of these questions, but
fortunately, you have colleagues who at least have taken their best
guesses at it. In a recent
survey of 440 IT professionals in North America and EMEA,
Spiceworks
has compiled some surprising results.
1. Most IT pros agree that IoT will impact consumers in addition to
the workplace. In fact, the vast majority believes the trend will
pose significant security and privacy issues.
2. Even so, more than half
say they aren’t doing anything specific to brace their
infrastructure for the coming impact of IoT.
3. Despite the divide between belief and targeted action, it turns
out the future is now. Our survey found that many IT pros are
already doing things that’ll help support IoT – even if they
aren’t thinking of them in that context. But chances are…they
should be doing more.
(Related)
Your car is several “Things.”
An
editorial in the L. A. Times includes:
It’s easy to say that no one has a reasonable expectation of
privacy when driving on the streets or parking in a public place.
But changing technology — especially the digitizing of license
plate photographs and an almost endless storage capacity — has
dramatically widened the window through which police can track an
individual’s comings and goings.
Like GPS technology, which allows police to track the movements of
suspects through their cars and telephones, the proliferation of
license plate scanners demonstrates the need to adapt traditional
notions of privacy to new and invasive technologies. The American
Civil Liberties Union has proposed several recommendations to protect
privacy: Police must have reasonable suspicion that a crime has
occurred before examining collected license plate data; citizens
should be able to find out if data about their license plate are
contained in a database; license plate data should be deleted after a
short period to avoid fishing expeditions; and law enforcement
shouldn’t share such data with third parties that don’t adhere to
these protections.
Read
more on L.A.
Times.
Long
article.
10
Powerful Facts About Big Data
Most companies estimate they're analyzing a mere 12% of the data they
have, according to a recent study by Forrester Research.
For
my students and not just the Trekies...
George
Takei Explains Technology & The Internet In Takei’s Take [Stuff
to Watch]
There
are many reasons to admire George Takei: his much-loved role as Mr
Sulu in Star Trek, his dedicated work as a gay rights activist and
his efforts to improve Japanese-American relations. But now we have
another reason: Takei’s
Take on YouTube.
Produced
in part by the AARP, George
separates fact from fiction and explains some of the latest trends,
buzz-words and technologies in short, easily consumable videos.
…
Last week’s Stuff to Watch was all
about 2014′s Webby winners – and George was one of them, for
this very show.
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