Facebook recently received complaints from many users claiming that some of their old private messages were made public on their timelines. It does not surprise me though since Facebook is most common social site that users complain about, especially in terms of user security. The social media is full of different people with various motives and...
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Commentary by Allan B. Colombo “August 16, 2012 – In a move that is sure to have the United States Justice Department in an uproar, Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, has been granted asylum by the nation state of Ecuador. For those who may have forgotten, WikiLeaks released controversial government documents to the world...
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Commentary by Allan B. Colombo August 7, 2012 – Those who know me well know that I do not advocate placing critical data onto the Internet simply because it will be compromised over and over again. This is one of the reasons why government and corporations alike use to use leased lines for connectivity....
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July 18, 2012 – The United Kingdom (UK) has had it’s share of illegal banking activities. Last week, “another UK banking executive was made to squirm in front of the TV cameras as he was grilled by angry parliamentarians over alleged corruption in his organisation,” says Paul Marks, writer with New Scientist. As it...
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July 18, 2012 – Truly we are witnessing the best of times from a technological standpoint, and yet we see the worst of man filtering through the clutter of high-tech gadgets we use on an everyday basis. The recent discovery of malware that will not only capture the geographic location of the android user,...
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July 17, 2012 – As I read this story, I was struck by the fact that 90 to 95 percent of all networks in country are private. That leads me to question why the general public is demanding that the US Government do something about cyber security when the brunt of network ownership lies...
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Company releases full version of FCC’s report on company’s controversial gathering of personal data with Street View cars. 29 April 2012 – The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) launched an investigation (Click to read more) of Google’s Street View program, which included the capture of information from unsecured WiFi connections all across the United States....
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Sunday, 18 March 2012 – One small fact that most of us fail to realize is that every time we take a picture with our cell phone, the GPS coordinate is nested within the data. For military this represents a definite security threat, as the following article attests. But for the average person, it...
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March 17, 2012 – Google Charged With One Again Pilfering User’s Private Information From video surveillance cameras along streets to the precise location of any phone number you enter (in the past), Google is once again accused to pilfering user’s private information. Consumer Watchdog organization, a non-partisan public interest organization with offices in Santa...
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The list of data breaches off the Internet is enormous to say the least. On our Facebook Group we regularly feature links with excerpts that further demonstrate the difficulty related to securing critical data-related infrastructure. Congress is working on the problem...
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While e-mail may be the new snail mail to the iPhone generation, the fact is that it is the most-used conduit for communication in our world today. E-mails routinely contain business deal discussions, social security numbers, bank account information, and personal information intended only for the recipient.
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10/30/11 – The question concerning security in a fully digital world is one that society continues to wrestle with as hackers continue to penetrate critical infrastructure, such as the recent admission on the part of NASA’s Terra AM-1 satellite. According to USA Today, “NASA experienced two suspicious events with the Terra spacecraft in the...
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May 19, 2011 This morning you will find several interesting items on GKO Technology Group on Facebook. Recent posts include information on a host of security issues most related to mobile devices, such as the Android. There’s a few items on deck this morning that you might find interesting along this line. Some of...
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“A CNET article included a link to the Twitter feed of Cairo human rights activist Dalia Ziada, who wrote, ‘The Internet is back in Egypt! Finally!’” (read it) It’s amazing how much freedom and the pursuit of the same depends on dependable, reliable mass communications. We no longer need newspapers to launch a successful...
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