Because of the recent economic downturn, the US government passed laws to give money in the form of stimulus check for most taxpayers as well as relief to many small businesses. Politicians have also hinted that we may see even more stimulus packages in a few months. The first, most well-known stimulus packages give qualified individuals $1,200 with some getting more and others … [Read more...]

    A recent out-of-band patch from Microsoft resolves a vulnerability in how of Windows 10 and Server 2019 handle decompression in the file sharing protocol SMBv3. According to Microsoft, a successful exploit of this vulnerability by an attacker could enable remote code execution over a network using SMB. More specifically, an unauthenticated attacker could … [Read more...]

    I recently wrote about Clearview AI, a company that sells face recognition software to law enforcement and holds billions of photos for use in their software. They crawl Twitter, YouTube and Facebook for faces to add to their database. In return Twitter, YouTube and Facebook all sent cease-and-desist letters last month demanding they stop. Just a few … [Read more...]

Byline to Matthew Terry   Kr00k, a recent vulnerability found by Eset, causes devices sending traffic over Wi-Fi to send unencrypted data, like in the KRACK vulnerability. While a separate vulnerability, KRACK exploits devices by installing an all-zero encryption key, among other vulnerabilities, whereas Kr00k exploits a timing issue where the client or access … [Read more...]