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1 Feb 2020 2 minute read 4 comments Matthew Rosenquist
Avast was recently caught selling user's web browsing data. Sensitive data like website destinations, search terms, and even what videos customers watched were collected by Avast software residing on customers' computers. The data was repackaged a...
29 Jan 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Matthew Rosenquist
New CPU Vulnerabilities Discovered RIDL/ZombieLoad and L1DES/CacheOut are just the latest variants of vulnerabilities discovered in Intel CPU’s that target Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS) weaknesses. Discovered over 7 months ago, researchers...
28 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist
Privacy Day promotes the fundamental principles of being able to control your personal information and to raise awareness of the risks in our digital society. The advancement and adoption of communication technology have elevated this issue to a wor...
28 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist
Vice magazine recently reported that the Avast anti-virus company was harvesting their customer’s browsing data and selling it to other companies. This included what sites, keyword searches, YouTube videos, and other data which showcased user’s act...
23 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist
Not often do I get a warm and fuzzy feeling about cybersecurity. In almost all cases the news is bad. This is a rare occasion. Thanks to Interpol, Southeast Asia saw a 78% decrease in cryptojacking! That is truly amazing! Cryptojacking often inv...
22 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist
I am excited to join the development team for the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Smart Cities and Communities Framework (SCCF) with a focus on cybersecurity and privacy. The volunteer team is working to develop a compreh...
20 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist
As a cybersecurity speaker, it is important to communicate in ways that resonate, inform, and inspire audiences. It is always nice when someone uses one of my quotes, validating I made a worthwhile connection. In this case, my insights were part o...
19 Jan 2020 2 minute read 1 comment GramKrux
While creating and collecting documents, images or any other data, there is the need to store these data in the cloud for backup reasons. There are many storage providers out there like Google Drive or Dropbox which support integration into the opera...
17 Jan 2020 2 minute read 0 comments shellatreille
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): Popularity and Security Risks By Shelley M. Latreille This is an article I wrote for my Wireless Networking class. This article discusses BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and its increase in popularity in the workplace, alo...
11 Jan 2020 3 minute read 2 comments GramKrux
Why? I decided to start a blog on publish0x. Well, this is kind of a try but also a demand I feel. I want to share my experiences with data security and how one should move around in the world of digitizing everything. You may ask what this means. It...
