IT Turnover, Up or Out
So I read this article about IT turnover and many of the items struck a cord with me. I had witnessed it first hand, and even endured it myself on several occasions, with several different employers. Until I found what…
Target has been Targeted…
Update: As is now appears, 40 million accounts have been compromised. The Secret Service is investigating a possible data breach around the time of Black Friday that involves Target stores. It appears that the breach mainly targeted customers that actually…
NSA infiltrating World of Warcraft, Second Life and other MMO’s
It was recently released that the NSA has infiltrated popular MMO’s, such as World of Warcraft, Second Life, and others in an attempt to catch terrorists. Secret briefings from 2007 and 2008 show agents expressing great enthusiasm for video games…
Social Media Hacked Again…
Once again I find myself hashing out the same information about social media sites being hacked and user accounts being released into the wild. This time 2 million accounts are compromised and their details are posted online. The list breaks…
D-Link Routers (Firmware Update)
In October a security researcher discovered a backdoor vulnerability with certain D-Link routers. This vulnerability (CVE-2013-6027) [setting the browsers user agent string to “xmlset_roodkcable0j28840ybtide”] allows cyber criminals to alter a router setting without having a username or password. D-Link has…