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  • FBI Chief Wants Less Encryption on Your Smartphone – But Why?

    FBI Chief Wants Less Encryption on Your Smartphone – But Why?

    The FBI is still concerned about phone encryption. And maybe not in the way that you would think.  The FBI wants less encryption on your phone, where you, as a consumer, should want more (or at least status quo).  During a cybersecurity conference in New York, the current chief – Christopher Wray – indicated that…

  • Democrats Pushing a Bill That Could Fine Credit Reporting Agencies for Security Breach

    Democrats Pushing a Bill That Could Fine Credit Reporting Agencies for Security Breach

    We all still remember the Equifax data breach this past year.  And some of us are still reeling from it.  What’s interesting to me about the whole thing is that Equifax, aside from some bad PR, has walked away from this relatively unscathed.  But there are two Democratic Senators who are looking to change this. …

  • Watch out for Security Issues on Computers with Intel Skylake and Beyond

    Watch out for Security Issues on Computers with Intel Skylake and Beyond

    The Intel Management Engine (IME) is a component of virtually every Intel CPU released since 2008.  It does tasks separate from the main operating system, while the computer is in use.  Therefore it acts like a CPU.  Intel argues that it can be used to do remote administrative tasks.  Although it’s been argued that having…