Mobile Payment: Part 3 – Chirpify

Swipe, founded by one of the founders of Twitter, I feel missed the bullet on one important service: Twitter.  Twitter is meant for microblogging, and socializing.  What better way to get the word out about a product than by social media, right?  That's where Chirpify comes in. Chirpify is a...

Mobile Payment: Part 2 – Swipe (and other payment processors)

I'm sure you've heard of Swipe before.  A device you plug into your headphone jack to swipe cards and make payments.  It's pretty flexible and intuitive, and is created by one of the founders of Twitter, even.  They're also one of the most cost effective producers as well (they give their device...

Mobile Payment: Part 1 – Why?

Smartphones are a growing essence in the world of everyday use now.  Almost everywhere you look you see someone with a smartphone and they're Facebooking, Tweeting, etc... on it.  Heck, the only person in my age group (mid 20's) I know of that doesn't have one is my fiance.  Though, she does...

Hacking the EU

http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2251393/miniduke-spying-malware-found-on-eu-government-networks While stories like these tend to get old to me, this one is an exception, because it shows that a dog's old tricks can still prove to be worth points. Now, there's two people at fault here, in my...

China vs. USA – Hacking (part 2: outbound traffic)

In a previous article, I wrote about how China is playing the wolf, and its not pretty.  Going over the inbound traffic to their "great firewall", I outlined some fine points...and now, we will address outbound traffic.  This is something I also touched on in the previous...

China vs. USA – Hacking (part 1: inbound traffic)

Hacking in America has really gained a lot of attention this year already. February alone seems to be the month of hacking. There was an interesting article posted on Yahoo today though (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-says-u-routinely-hacks-130252420.html), basically saying that China is...

How Have Security Practices Changed (2009-now)? Part 4

Then: #16: Use A Centralized Authentication Service

Now: Same?

How Have Security Practices Changed (2009-now)? Part 3

Continuations are fun! Part 2 is here: http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-admin/how-have-security-practices-changed-2009-now-part-2/

Then: #11: Configure Iptables and TCPWrappers

Now: Same

How Have Security Practices Changed (2009-now)? Part 2

In continuing with my series (started here)...

Then: #6: User Accounts and Strong Password Policy

Now: Same

How Have Security Practices Changed (2009-now)? Part 1

Back in late 2009, an article was published by CyberCiti detailing 20+ tips on how to secure your Linux machine. How have things changes since and now (especially since we're nearing Linux kernel 4.0)?

Then: #1: Encrypt Data...