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Tuesday, 05 December 2017 07:25
Dell and others move to disable Intel's Management Engine
Written by Sean Kalinich
It seems that PC makers are not happy with the Intel’s Management Engine (IME) and the flaws that keep being found in it. The original flaw allowed attackers a clean way to compromise a system including uploading malware and exfiltrating…
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Monday, 10 July 2017 14:26
No, The Jayden K Smith Facebook Message is not real...
Written by Sean Kalinich
You have probably seen a message, or email, or even a recent Facebook post claiming that a dangerous Facebook Hacker by the name of Jayden K Smith working his way through the Facebook community and hacking user accounts with ease.…
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Friday, 07 July 2017 13:21
Facebook Hate Speech AI Blocking The Wrong People
Written by Sean Kalinich
Hate is a powerful item and when it spills out it can be violent, rude and many other things. Because of the power of hate found in images, media, mems, etc., many have wondered why there are not more efforts…
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For the last couple of days the world has been buzzing with news about the Petya malware. When the news of the outbreak broke on Tuesday morning, it was all about a new ransomware that was spreading around the globe.…
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Wednesday, 21 June 2017 10:41
AMD’s 11-year journey to relevance gets an epic finish.
Written by Sean Kalinich
In the early 2000s AMD was on top of the world, they had a desktop processor that was what everyone wanted. AMD was handily beating Intel in terms of performance and pushing x86-64 computing out to the world. In 2006…
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Friday, 09 June 2017 10:35
Microsoft finds active exploit of Intel's AMT vulnerability
Written by Sean Kalinich
Remote management and access tools are great things for IT staff to use, but if they are not set up correctly or they have bugs hidden in the code they can quickly become a nightmare. Intel’s AMT (Active Management Technology)…
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Thursday, 08 June 2017 15:01
CD Projekt RED admits to data theft and blackmail
Written by Sean Kalinich
CD Projekt RED has found themselves the victim of both data theft and now blackmail. At least that is what we are hearing from their Twitter account. According to CD Projekt, someone has made off with information that relates to…
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Since the ATi purchase AMD has struggled with trying to compete in the CPU market. They have tried many different strategies and approaches. One even included distancing themselves from the performance market and focusing solely on mobile. This disastrous strategy…
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Monday, 25 July 2016 06:27
AMD shares up after licensing moves and Radeon success
Written by Sean Kalinich
It seems that AMD’s recent licensing moves and the press that Zen has been getting has given investors more confidence in the company. On Friday this confidence pushed AMD’s share price by almost 10% at $6.18 (the 52 week high)…
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These days it is not unheard of for something as simple as a printer to have all sorts of bells and whistles. You can find wireless, remote file access, remote (web) printing and more. These devices also have very advanced…
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Thursday, 14 July 2016 07:17
The FBI hides collection of Iris information by local law enforcement since 2013
Written by Sean Kalinich
In the last week the world saw what appeared to be another attempt to violate privacy by government law enforcement. In this case the FBI opened a “pilot” program to capture iris imprints for a searchable database. To date they…
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Saturday, 18 June 2016 09:53
SVET Working on product to bring healthy light into our lives
Written by Sean Kalinich
With the rise of the crowd funding the consumer electronic world has been given an interesting kick in a new direction. We are now seeing some very interesting tech from companies that we might never have heard of if it…
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Wednesday, 15 June 2016 06:43
US Air Force loses 12 years of IG data with no backup
Written by Sean Kalinich
It seems that the US Air Force has taken a pretty big hit when it comes to the storage of the data related to internal investigations. The system that they have been using has had a glitch that resulted in…
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Wednesday, 01 June 2016 04:17
AMD might have Demo Silicon for Zen at Computex
Written by Sean Kalinich
AMD might have some demo Zen silicon to show off at their expected press conference during Computex. This is the rumor that is coming from multiple sources at the moment. If true, this would be good for AMD for a…
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Tuesday, 31 May 2016 07:12
EagleSoft Pushes FBI to Arrest Security Researcher that found patient data on open FTP
Sterling McKeand
We have written numerous articles on how bad corporate mentality is shaping security and risking your data, but we have one more to share with you today. We can also guarantee that this will not be the last one we…
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Monday, 16 May 2016 07:31
Bangladesh Swift payment attack possibly related to the Sony Attack
Sterling McKeand
It seems that the recent $81 million dollar attack against the Bangladesh Central Bank might have also been about the Seth Rogan Movie “the interview”... ok, not really, but the attack that happened at Sony in 2014 seems to have…
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