Wayne Rash

The December open meeting of the Federal Communications Commission took place with demonstrators outside, a security threat inside and little substantive debate about the issue of network neutrality before a long-expected party-line vote. The demonstrators were there to protest the FCC’s imminent vote to reclassify broadband communications so that it’s under Title I of the […]

There’s no question that 2017 has been a bad year for security managers. Not only have exploits gotten worse, but data breaches have become bigger and more costly and malware creators have added powerful new capabilities to their arsenals. That trend will continue. On the other hand, attackers are changing their tactics so some of […]

Once upon a time, in another millennium and on another planet, a famous politician used the words, “Trust, but verify.” Those days of genteel conversation are long gone, but those words of advice still apply, especially when we confront social media and other forms of digital communications. This came to mind a few days ago […]

The vulnerability presented by researchers from Positive Technologies at Black Hat Europe Dec. 6 detail a nightmare scenario. The CPU flaw allows malware to reside on nearly any recent Intel-based computer manufactured since at least 2015 so that it’s completely undetectable. That malware has access to everything on the computer or that passes through the […]

When I look at my iPhone X that glance alone is usually enough to unlock the phone so I can use it. Apple has created Face ID as a way to identify me by my face alone using 30,000 infrared dots projected on my face to create a 3D digital model, which the phone uses […]

If a new Senate bill introduced on Nov. 30 is passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives, the failure to report a breach in a timely manner could land the people who knew about it in prison for as long as five years. The new bill, the “Data Security and Breach Notification Act,” […]

U.S. District Judge William Alsup has delayed the start of Waymo’s civil lawsuit against ride-sharing company Uber after revealing that U.S. Department of Justice lawyers provided evidence he said showed that Uber and its lawyers had engaged in an elaborate cover up of trade-secret theft activities. Waymo’s parent company Alphabet was preparing to go to […]

By the looks of my inbox, there are two significant events are unfolding. First, Cyber Monday is redistributing the income of millions of Americans including mine into the coffers of Amazon and Walmart. Second, it won’t matter because the internet and thus the world coming to an end. I won’t go into Cyber Monday any […]

Once again, Uber has a data breach. This time the ride-hailing service had approximately 57 million accounts compromised, which included personal information from customers, as well as more detailed information from about 600,000 of the company’s drivers. The data came from an Amazon Web Services cloud account used by the company. The hackers apparently gained […]

Despite dire warnings from some corners of the media, the Federal Communications Commission’s planned action isn’t the end of net neutrality, and in fact it may foster growth on the internet. Before we get started, let’s all take a deep breath. That’s it. Breathe all the way in, then hold it for a few seconds, […]