Don’t catch a virus…!

http://blogs.computerworld.com/cybercrime-and-hacking/23412/insecure-healthcaregov-allowed-hacker-access-70000-records-4-minutes So, maybe "virus" a little farfetched, but really this bothers me. The system itself is nice (I never ran into issues). The gripes of it crashing is kind of...
Still prefer Chrome?

http://talater.com/chrome-is-listening/ Fair argument? Not sure. But I do feel Chrome has really lost its luster period. Yeah, its "faster" at times, but I seem to have more issues with it than anything else these days. I mean, I'm restricted to one profile and even in incognito mode if...
Can’t catch CAPTCHA

http://www.techienews.co.uk/975112/snapchat-account-registration-captcha-defeated/ CAPTCHA systems can be either very unique or very easy to break. Oh, also very hard to use (looking at you Microsoft and those people who make it look like a rainbow threw up on alphabet soup). Though, I've...
A flaw of open source

http://slashdot.org/topic/datacenter/filezilla-evil-twin-steals-ftp-logins/ I'm a super strong supporter of open source and believe really in providing code for free and if monetization is key than charge for support. It works for a lot of models (Red Hat is a big one, Snort is another). I...
The bird was made angry

https://medium.com/p/24eb09e026dd Twitter, such a unique platform when you come to think about it. Truthfully what there needs to be is a better password reset method.
Don’t make the bird angry

http://slashdot.org/topic/bi/rovio-denies-collaborating-with-nsa-gchq/ I really am not a fan of Angry Bird, but at the same time it just feels like everyone is jumping on the bandwagon these days. If you don't know who developed an app, don't trust the source, or don't understand any of its...
GitHub the Bounty Hunter

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/01/30/github-launches-bug-bounty-program-offers-100-5000-security-vulnerabilities/ I know I don't post about these much (maybe this is even the first time?), but that's because bounty programs tend to be hit or miss. By that I mean most companies will either...
Yahoo accounts hacked…again…

http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/75083532312/important-security-update-for-yahoo-mail-users The thing that really gets me bothered is that these "smart password policies" that everyone totes about means nothing. You want people to remember all these crazy characters that they refuse to do, or they...
Canada Spies Too?!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/csec-used-airport-wi-fi-to-track-canadian-travellers-edward-snowden-documents-1.2517881 Truthfully everyone everywhere should suspect their government is doing this. Though, Canada doing it through airport WiFi could cross the border (see what I did there?)...
More powerful smartphone/tablet malware

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/researcher-creates-malware-captures-every-tap-your-smartphone-or-tablet-1434673 Unfortunately we are becoming more and more tied to our phones these days. This fact just makes the discovery even more troubling, especially when you couple that with the constant movement...