Digital Forensics & Cyber Security Blog
Digital Forensics & Cyber Security Blog
Time Has Come for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Vice President Mike Pence Speaking at DHS National Cybersecurity Summit in New York City This event took place on July 31, 2018 and was shared via DHS Press Release on on August 13, 2018. see dhs.gov/news/ Key Points: Call to action for the United States Senate to enact [...]
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Man Hacks Monitor, Screams at Baby
Welcome to the Internet of Creepy Things. A man hacked into an Internet-enabled baby monitor in a home in Cincinnati, Ohio, and started screaming “Wake up baby!” at a 10-month-old girl. Heather Schreck was asleep around midnight in her Hebron home when a voice startled her. "All of a sudden, [...]
One Reason You Might Not Want to Buy a Second Hand Monitor
Everyone knows your computer can be hacked, but did you know your monitor might also be used against you? Ang Cui from Red Balloon Security has figured out a way to hack into a popular Dell monitor and manipulate what you see on your screen. Using this type [...]
Happy Pioneer Day!
Pioneer Day is an official holiday celebrated on July 24 in the U.S. state of Utah, and surrounding areas originally settled by Mormon pioneers. It commemorates the entry of Brigham Young (then the leader and prophet of the Mormon church) and the first group of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, where the Latter-day Saints settled after [...]
DNA Testing Service MyHeritage Leaks User Data of 92 Million Customers
Account data tied to 92 million users of the genealogy and DNA testing service MyHeritage were found on a third-party “private” server in a breach that exposed usernames and passwords of customers. The breach is the largest since last year’s Equifax leak of 147.9 million pieces of private data ranging from Social [...]
D-Day: Courage. Devotion. Technology.
Courage. Devotion. Duty. They are the words most often used to describe the brave Allied troops who landed on Normandy 74 years ago and helped win World War II. Not to be forgotten, though, is this word: Technology. World War II was won not just with courage, devotion and duty, [...]
Facebook Rebuts New NYT Investigation Into Data Sharing
Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Sunday rejected claims by the New York Times that it had allowed Apple and other major device makers “deep” access to users’ personal data saying any such links were tightly controlled and largely subject to users’ consent. Facebook shares fell 1.3 percent to $191.50 before the [...]
‘Words With Friends’ Leads To An Unlikely Friendship
An unlikely friendship that formed between a 22-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman has broken the internet with its wholesomeness. After playing more that 300 games together on Words With Friends, Spencer Sleyon and his opponent Rosalind met IRL in Florida on Friday. It was visible proof that strangers on the [...]
Gaming Granny Isabel Martinotti is Living Her Best Life at 82
Like many women at her age, Isabel Martinotti, 82, is a doting grandmother. Unlike her peers, she is also an avid video gamer who has garnered internet fame in her native Argentina for handling a console with the dexterity of a teenager. "I'm the 'Gamer Grandma' [...]