Cybersecurity in the Age of the Machine
“You know, if you have something really important, write it out and have it delivered by courier, the old-fashioned way. Because I’ll tell you what: No computer is safe (…) I don’t care what they say.”
President-Elect Donald Trump
In the waning days of the fading Obama presidency, plenty of questions surfaced about Russia’s involvement with the hacks of the DNC and election systems. Electronic evidence can be easily manipulated.
There is more to it than just electronic evidence.
If you are running Linux kernel 3.6 or newer, anyone in the world on a network that allows IP spoofing can hijack your encrypted communications in less than a minute, with a success rate of 90%.
Here is how to fix it.
Over the years, Apple has dismissed some of their best technical talent. Today, it came back to bite them: the legendary electronic maker had to admit that they got hacked big-time, joining Seagate in this predicament. It made news all over the airwaves.
Kerberos, an ancient network authentication protocol from the 1980s that is commonly used to this day, can get you into some serious trouble.
The Kerberos setup used by your organization may not be all it’s cracked up to be.
Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, took to Google+ today to announce that the company’s annual developer conference, Google I/O 2016, would take place at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on May 18-20. If you plan to attend, mark your calendars now! The registration kicks off on March 8th.
This Google I/O is going to be huge. Sundar Pichai will celebrate its 10th anniversary with an exciting keynote and countless surprises. Stay tuned!