Monday, July 20, 2015

Common Sense security is just out the door

Articles in no particular order for the week that really has me thinking that idiocracy is just occurring on multiple levels.

Washington Post Encryption Editorial Article on Encryption
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/putting-the-digital-keys-to-unlock-data-out-of-reach-of-authorities/2015/07/18/d6aa7970-2beb-11e5-a250-42bd812efc09_story.html

DHS used personal email on work computer despite risks
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/report-jeh-johnson-used-personal-email-on-work-computer-120384.html

Microsoft releases out of band patch to address a Hacking Team RCE
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS15-078#ID0EKIAE

Adult site Ashley Madison Database breach compromise
http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/20/9006213/ashley-madisons-data-breach-is-everyones-problem

OPM changes privacy rules to let investigators inside all databases
http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/07/opm-changes-privacy-rules-let-investigators-inside-all-databases/118105/


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