Category: Tech
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Google Calendar Spam is 2019’s Junk Mail
Junk mail, spam email, robocalls, and now…spam Google calendar events. I had the delightful experience of getting some of this spam about 2 weeks ago. Basically I just saw a repeating event for “Win a new iPhone” every day at 6-9pm that endlessly repeated. While this is definitely an annoying thing to have happen, resist…
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Open-source Dangers: Supply Chain Infection
For software security, many people prefer open-source software. It’s usually functional and inexpensive, although it’s not always pretty. It also (generally) has a reputation for being more secure than closed-source software. But a rash of supply chain attacks have infected many popular open-source projects. Oftentimes the infected code is small and innocuous. As part of…
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Understanding Email Headers
One of the most popular ways for people to get infected by malware is through email. One of my first online jobs was working for a company that is involved in email spam filtering. I still work for that company occasionally, and while it’s true that the technology to filter email has gotten more advanced,…
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The Quest to Cripple Encryption
It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but it looks like the Attorney General (as well as law enforcement in general) doesn’t understand how encryption works. At a cybersecurity conference at Fordham University in late July Barr lamented the expanding presence of encryption. In the speech, Barr is trying to play consumers (that use and benefit…
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Amazon (Also) Wants Your Data
It’s not just Facebook and Google that are after data. It looks like the e-commerce juggernaut Amazon is getting into the action as well. This past Prime Day, Amazon offered $10 of Amazon credit for users that spent $50 and installed the Amazon Assistant extension. Amazon Assistant is an extension for almost every common web…
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Facebook Study: New Name, Old Violations
Facebook Study is a new (Android-only) way for Facebook to worm its way into your phone.
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Google Kills Its Tablets (Again)
In a move that would make the Black Knight proud, Google axes another division but is not dead yet!
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News Consumption: One-Off vs. Subscription
You have a choice in online news consumption: one-off OR subscriptions. Here’s why subscriptions are the way to go.