Wayne Rash

A major challenge for IT professionals is dealing with the vast number of alerts that stem from modern antivirus and antimalware software, firewalls and security appliances. The advantage of these products is that they’re very good at finding and reporting suspicious activity, but they also generate a lot of false positives. In fact, the alerts […]

The recent disclosure of a document leak from the National Security Agency that contains details about the Russian hacking attempt on a vendor of voter registration software has the making of a spy thriller, even including a perpetrator with a name that might be right out of a James Bond spy thriller. But as bad […]

Apple introduced plenty of new hardware at the Worldwide Developers Conference including long-awaited iPad Pro tablets and a Xeon-powered iMac Pro. Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered the long awaited announcement of a new iPad Pro tablet at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 5 in San Jose. Apple also announced new Macintosh computers, new […]

We already know much about  Worldwide Developers Conference 2017, which starts on Monday June 5 in San Jose. As usual the rumor mill has been active and unlike in some years most of the rumors are in accord. The consensus is that while the World Wide Developer’s Conference is still going to be mostly about […]

Normally I don’t spend a lot of time worrying about malware on my iPhone. After all, Apple supposedly screens apps to make sure they are malware-free and iOS is allegedly resistant to malware. This is probably why I was shocked and annoyed when malware arrived, leaving me with the choice of accepting it or hoping […]

At some point, the system-wide computer outage that took all of British Airways out of action starting on May 27 will provide a valuable lesson in maintaining critical systems. But for now, British Airways’ IT staff is investigating why the systems failed so it can decide how to prevent it happening again. “It was not […]

As malware attacks go, the WannaCry ransomware worm was only partly successful. By the time it was only a few days old, the attack was effectively blocked when an alert security researcher noticed that the worm was searching for a specific site on the internet. The researcher registered the site to take control of it […]

Chances are that you’re familiar with the National Security Agency as the U.S. government organization that listens in on foreign communications and cracks their encrypted messages for useful intelligence. While foreign communications surveillance is agency’s main purpose, no everyone knows that it’s also heavily involved with protecting sensitive government communications from interception and decryption by […]

There are three things to know about the current claims regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s decision on May 18 to begin the process of moving internet regulation back to Title I, reversing the reclassification under Title II enacted 2015. The three things are these: Title II does not ensure net neutrality, despite the claims from […]

A current proposal from the Department of Homeland Security to mandate that large electronic devices be relegated to checked luggage is facing stiff resistance from airlines and business travelers. Under the proposal, travelers with electronic devices larger than a cell phone would be required to carry them as checked luggage. Depending on the airline, those […]