Apple has apparently been able to permanently block de-encryption technology from a mysterious Atlanta-based company whose blackbox device was embraced by government agencies to bypass iPhone passcodes.
The popularity of passwords as a means of authentication is still not waning, so advice on how to opt for passwords that are hard to guess and crack is always timely Choosing passwords For one, avoid the most often used passwords. SplashData’s most recent list of the top 100 worst passwords (of the past year)…
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Improving backup and continuity is frequently listed as a top five priority for IT organizations, but for many organizations, backup and recovery processes need to improve a lot, not just incrementally. Today, enterprises often run backup tools, and rely on business continuity processes, designed for older platforms developed before elastic clouds, near-ubiquitous virtualized workloads, or…
Business-friendly notebooks come in all shapes, sizes and prices. Here’s help picking the laptops best suited to your organization’s various employees. With hundreds of business-oriented laptops to choose from — everything from sleek ultralight tablets to huge portable workstations — picking the right ones to outfit your company’s workforce can make finding a needle in…
There are two key trends happening in today’s networks the c-suite executives need to be paying close attention to. The first is that IT teams are struggling to keep up with digital transformation demands, including the move to multi-cloud infrastructures and services, the rapid adoption of IoT networks and devices, BYOD and a highly mobile…
Is it really that hard to keep from making a security idiot of yourself? When I hear people worrying about cloud security, they’re usually shaking in their boots about some obscure bug beyond their control. Ha! Ordinary, stupid human mistakes are more than bad enough. For example, Accenture left hundreds of gigabytes of private user…
Facebook denies listening to your conversations to target advertising. But denial wording seems odd. Credit: U.S. Navy, via Celestial Images [public domain] Is Facebook listening to every word you say? Zuck’s crew says it won’t use your speech to target advertising or reorder your feed, but it’s still unclear what it does use the microphone…
Everyone Needs a Password Manager This year, World Password Day falls on Star Wars Day. May the fourth be with you! Celebrate by changing all your simple passwords to strong ones, with different ones for every secure site. If that doesn’t sound like fun, consider getting some help. First, install a password manager. Second, get…
As ransomware increasingly targets healthcare organizations, schools and government agencies, security experts offer advice to help IT leaders prepare and protect. Biometrics and Fingerprint Scan Security Technology Concept Nigerian princes are no longer the only menaces lurking in an employee’s inbox. For healthcare organizations, schools, government agencies and many businesses, ransomware attacks—an especially sinister type…