You might have heard about it, or possibly were affected by it. Early on the morning of September 4th there was connectivity and other issues that presented themselves to Microsoft customers. It apparently came from problems in Microsoft’s South Central US data center. Microsoft’s Office 365 went down, as well as Microsoft’s cloud computing service
What are deepfakes? Deepfakes are doctored videos that are made using layers of video and AI. Wikipedia describes them as “…combin[ing] and superimpose[ing] images and videos onto source images or videos.” They are used to create celebrity porn, social hoaxes, and, increasingly, to provide fake news content. Often the face of a well known person,
What is on the horizon? Horizon 2020. No, that does not mean the horizon is going to have 20/20 vision. That’s the name the European Union has given their biggest research program ever. It has nearly $90 billion of funding, not including the private investment money. Under this program is a smaller project called
Can you read the signs? Changes for cyber security are coming your way! You’ve no doubt heard about Facebook’s recent situation. As a result of the irresponsible data sharing, the EU created and implemented the GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation. This took effect in Europe in May. It protects data by enforcing strict transparency
Let’s countdown the 3 reasons 2017 was the Year of the Breach (and we’re not talking Pacific Rim!) The Top 3 Security Breaches of 2017! 3. Internet of Things More and more of our everyday items are becoming web accessible. We saw the hack of kid toys, refrigerators, and TVs. In 2017 Cloud Pets released a teddy bear
Cyber security is a hot topic these days. And honestly? We don’t see it cooling down much. Maybe it’ll go to a simmer for a while, but it will never go back to the lackadaisical approach so many took in the early days. No one can afford to take that approach. Maybe in the past
TIP: tldr summary at the bottom. Some of the worst words (when strung in a sentence) in the English language are, “I have been hacked!” Let’s be honest, even if you said them in Norwegian or Cantonese, they are just as bad. But even worse is the feeling and thoughts that come after that, because
“9-1-1 what’s your emergency?” “I’ve been hacked! And so have you!” Sounds silly, but this was reality for Baltimore Maryland’s emergency dispatch service, which was hacked last week. It lasted 17 hours, and during that time, all calls and dispatches had to be operated manually, and it delayed emergency services. The details? An unidentified
New York City is giving their citizens free cyber security. Is government control the future of Internet safety, or will it bust? Read to find out. “New Yorkers aren’t safe online. And we cannot wait around for other levels of government to do something about it or the private sector to do something about
DDoS. The acronym that strikes fear into the minds of those with computer knowledge, and the one that makes people go, Huh…? if they don’t (have computer knowledge, that is). If you have no clue what DDoS stands for you may think it’s just a phrase that gets passed around on the tongues of
