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2018-05-08 02:15:00 |
Putting FUD Back in Information Security (lien direct) |
FUD is Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. A tactic well played in the early days of Information Security. I never liked it because… well you know that Boy Who Cried Wolf story, right? It appears to me that FUD is making a strong comeback. This time instead of being used to help bolster InfoSec budgets or […] |
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2018-04-16 11:14:05 |
Windows 10 Update Disrupts Pen Input; Microsoft Offers Potentially Dangerous Fix (lien direct) |
A recent Microsoft security update – according to Wacom's support pages, the OS build 16299.334 – has had a rather unexpected side-effect. Many users of have been experiencing issues where drawing apps, such as Photoshop, no longer function correctly. For example, pressing the pen to the tablet device does not “draw” as it should, but […] |
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2018-04-01 18:53:01 |
Information Security and the Zero-Sum Game (lien direct) |
A zero-sum game is a mathematical representation of a situation in which each participant’s gain or loss is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the other participant. In Information Security a zero-sum game usually references the trade-off between being secure and having privacy. However, there is another zero-sum game often played with Information […] |
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2018-03-16 11:13:00 |
Google\'s new Gaming Venture: A New Player? (lien direct) |
Google in Gaming – Facts and Speculation In January 2018, game industry veteran Phil Harrison announced that he was joining Google as a Vice President and GM. With Harrison's long history of involvement with video game companies – having previously worked with Sony and Microsoft's Xbox division – this immediately prompted speculation and rumours about […] |
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2018-02-09 13:16:05 |
Bubble Economies and the Sustainability of Mobile Gaming (lien direct) |
Old Bubbles and New Bubbles Gaming is a technology-based market, and tech markets are no strangers to economic bubbles and the effects of them bursting. The market recession of the early 2000s, most commonly known as the Dotcom Crash, is probably the biggest and most influential 'burst bubble' of the internet era. The Dotcom Bubble […] |
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2018-02-08 22:01:05 |
GDPR Material and Territorial Scopes (lien direct) |
The new EU General Data Regulation will enter into force 25 May of this year. The GDPR contains rules concerning the protection of natural persons when their personal data are processed and rules on the free movement of personal data. The new regulation is not revolutionary but an evolution from the previous Data Protection Act 1998 […] |
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2018-01-10 23:04:04 |
Uh Oh 365 (lien direct) |
In an earlier post, I talked about how some vendors tend to push enterprises into a weaker security posture. In this post, I continue with information relating to Office 365. Microsoft's cloud implementation of the Office suite is mind boggling in its complexity and sheer want of native connectivity. If you are using a proxy, […] |
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2018-01-07 15:52:05 |
Deceit and duplicity in the pursuit of monetizing social media (lien direct) |
One thing I really dislike is deceit and duplicity in the pursuit of monetizing social media. LinkedIn is a prime example, especially after its acquisition by Microsoft. Ever since Nadella took the helm, Microsoft seems hell bent on monetizing anything that moves — and I think we’re just seeing the beginning with LinkedIn. LinkedIn members […] |
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2018-01-04 17:30:03 |
The Gaming Industry Going Into 2018 (lien direct) |
Is the Game Industry Today Mirroring the Landscape of the 1983 Crash? Given the industry's early years, the continued strengthening of the economics of video games has enjoyed phenomenal longevity since its last recession. With the industry having survived two severe crashes in quick succession – in 1977 and then in 1983 – the fact […] |
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2017-12-21 13:07:00 |
Credit Due Where Credit Deserved – Microsoft (lien direct) |
In the past, I have criticized Microsoft for the privacy invasive defaults of Win10. I failed to mention a feature that sheds a bit of light on what they collect. Beyond changing many of the settings using tools (which I highlighted here), you can actually review and delete some of the metadata being collected. If […] |
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2017-11-25 13:17:05 |
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, fraud, and marketing… (lien direct) |
It’s not so many years ago that my arm was twisted into writing a blog article about Black Friday and Cyber Monday scams. I had to look up both terms before I wrote on the topic because they didn’t mean much to people in the UK back in 2009 (and in fact the term/marketing initiative […] |
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2017-09-23 09:13:05 |
The Equifax Breach – Another case for professionalizing Information Security (lien direct) |
One of my part-time hobbies is pushing to professionalize the Information Security profession. Admittedly, it is a lonely pastime and not nearly as exhilarating as it sounds. I wrote a multi-part article about the topic called “What does Information Security have in common with Eastern Air Lines Flight 401?” Allow me to quote myself: Providing […] |
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2017-09-22 14:59:00 |
Are Crowdfunding and the Gaming Industry Failing Each Other? (lien direct) |
Kickstarter Games’ Failures Crowdfunding has firmly established itself as part of 21st-century economics, despite a lot of early and ongoing scepticism. Prominent crowdfunding site Kickstarter, the centrepiece of these emerging economies, has seen more than three billion dollars-worth of pledges across all its projects. Ever adaptive and eager for new methods of monetization, the gaming […] |
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2017-06-12 19:44:01 |
Security books – 21 people name their favourites (lien direct) |
Heimdal Security asked 20 experts (plus me) to name their favourite security books.
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2017-06-06 12:30:41 |
Bioware and the EA Pattern (lien direct) |
Bioware fitting a pattern In early May reports surfaced that Bioware Montreal, a division of the long-established game studio acquired by EA in 2007, has been relegated to a 'support' studio following the fairly disastrous release of Mass Effect Andromeda earlier in 2017. This has caused some concern that Bioware's days are numbered, due to […]
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2017-05-30 19:41:16 |
My June Vote (lien direct) |
I must repeat what I said before the last general election in the UK: I shall not vote. I dismiss as absurd the thoughtless claims that I have a duty to vote. I do not. I have a duty to follow my beliefs, to stand for what is right and to criticise what is wrong. […]
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2017-05-22 11:41:34 |
May must be out in June: our last chance (lien direct) |
Let’s not beat about the bush — Britain was tricked into voting for Brexit by an establishment determined to break Brussels’ interference in its increasingly hard-line and authoritarian policies. Theresa May is implementing that determination. There could be no IP Act nor Digital Economy Act if the ECJ has any say over UK laws. The […]
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2017-05-17 20:21:07 |
May Sketch: Reactions to Macron\'s Victory (lien direct) |
World Leaders’ Reactions to Macron’s Presidential Victory As reported by Yahoo Share This:
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2017-05-17 08:08:42 |
WannaCryptor \'Afterthoughts\'… (lien direct) |
…Not that we’re exactly in the post-WannaCryptor era yet. But forgive me if you’ve heard enough of the saga of the ransomware ESET calls Win32/Filecoder.WannaCryptor.D (after just a few days, I certainly have). Craig Williams, of the company Gigabyte IT Solutions on St. Helena, mailed me wondering about my take on the issue.* Here are a […]
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2017-05-13 09:22:35 |
WannaCryptor: XP, Win8, WinServer 2003 patches (lien direct) |
Even XP, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2003 systems can now be patched against the vulnerability exploited by WannaCrypt. Patching is highly recommended!
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2017-05-08 19:37:25 |
Did democracy win with Macron? Doubtful (lien direct) |
My first thoughts on Macron’s victory were that democracy had prevailed. But second thoughts made me wonder. We’re too accustomed to thinking of democracy in old-fashioned Left (socialist) and Right (fascist) terms. Democracy is the peoples’ decision anywhere between left and right. But there is a new (or at least only recently so overt) political […]
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2017-04-25 10:58:07 |
Still Pumping and Dumping (lien direct) |
Pump and Dump spam campaign still piling on the improbabilities.
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2017-04-25 10:31:37 |
Artificial Intelligence in the Real and Virtual Worlds (lien direct) |
Artificial Intelligence and Games While most of the tech media's 'next big thing' buzz is still focused on VR, that technology is beginning to settle into the early days of its role. Gaming and technology blogs will soon be looking for a new source of excitement. With some of the recent products and demonstrations, it […]
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2017-04-19 20:11:45 |
All Hands to the Pump (and Dump) (lien direct) |
A few years ago, even before I started working directly with vendors in the security industry, ‘Pump and Dump’ scams were a major nuisance. Here’s a description from a paper Andrew Lee and I wrote after I started working with ESET. Pump and Dump (or Hype and Dump) mails are designed to inflate the value […]
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2017-04-16 20:45:34 |
Injunction of Technology (IoT) (lien direct) |
Soon coming to the Internet of Things (IoT) is the Injunction of Technology (IoT). In another post I noted that my WiFi router's power brick had a UL certification, yet the actual WiFi router had nothing similar stating it was safe to use on the Internet. In addition, nothing to ensure it would not hurt […]
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2017-04-10 13:59:07 |
Book Review: The Hardware Hacker (lien direct) |
The Hardware Hacker by Andrew Huang is not quite what you would expect from looking at the cover. There might be an expectation of page after page of schematics, code, circuit diagrams and…well, hardware – but what this book has to offer is much more than that. Andrew Huang makes what could easily be a […]
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2017-04-02 19:45:27 |
Trump, Brexit and the Norns (lien direct) |
2016 is likely to prove a pivotal year in contemporary history. Two major votes saw the US election of President Trump and the UK exit from the European Union. It was a right-wing populist swing for UKUSA – and I called both votes wrong. I expected both to be close, but the other way round. […]
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2017-03-27 14:04:27 |
Will Virtual Reality Technology see a second generation? (lien direct) |
2016's slew of Virtual Reality devices are now being considered 'Generation 1' in terms of VR. This isn't an entirely accurate viewpoint. Even discounting earlier attempts at Virtual Reality not created for the mass market and the VR machines intended for use in arcades, the gaming market has seen an earlier entry in the form […]
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2017-03-26 15:45:06 |
Duplicitous Doublespeak (lien direct) |
Part of what I like about ITSecurity.co.uk is this Technology / Political mix. In addition, if you will bear with me, I will tie this post back to technology. We have fully entered the Orwellian Doublespeak age. We have not only entered this doublespeak world, we have embraced this very duplicitous speak in our very […]
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2017-03-23 23:48:34 |
Integrity (lien direct) |
Regardless of any personal political preference, I have found recent political discourse, particularly in the United States, profoundly disturbing on a professional level. I am currently a security professional. Absent discussion of the Parkerian Hexad, integrity of information is one of our three pillars. I have been a teacher, researcher, and reviewer of technical literature. […]
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2017-03-18 22:31:28 |
Trumpton Tower: a modern slapstick (lien direct) |
In true slapstick style, Trump sticks it to GCHQ, and GCHQ slaps down Trump. All over what did or did not happen in Trumpton Tower. Background On 4 March, the realDonaldTrump tweeted an accusation that former President Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower during the run up to the election. Is it legal for a sitting […]
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