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The Current State of Hacking—And What to Expect in 2017

Surprise! 2016 is on pace to break records in terms of data breach volume—a feat that seems to be accomplished on an annual basis now. Through August 30, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has...

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Hacking Education - The Next Soft Target

When you send your precious 5 year old off to Kindergarten this year, not only do you need to worry about bullying, drugs and homework, now add hacking their personal identifiable information (PII)...

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[SlideShare] Tech Talk 2016: Crapplet, Cat Waxing, and CamelCase

Back by popular demand is my second edition of Tech Talk, were you can learn all about "Crapplets," "Cat Waxing" and other unusually interesting words from the cyber world. In our 2015 post I...

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Why Are You Hiding Your Duplicate Packets?

Major consideration – If you have duplicate packets in your network: Find out if you have problems in your network Then solve the issues Duplicate Packets (DP) are there for a reason whether it be...

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Ransomware, a Billion Dollar World Wide Threat

Every day I hear that a company has solved the network and file security war with a new security widget. Yet every day there are more announcements of breaches, stolen identities, etc. According to...

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Director of National Intelligence Cautions Presidential Candidates on Cyber Attacks

As if presidential candidates didn’t have enough on their plates defending themselves against their opponent’s attack ads, James Clapper has warned that they should expect to deal with cyberattacks....

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