Peter Buttler
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Articles by Peter Buttler
5 ways to free up space on your Android device
It does not make a difference if your Android phone has a lot of internal disk space or ha a microSD card slot – there is never enough space, regardless of whether it is 32GB or 200GB. In this article, we will discuss how to free up space on your Android device – looking at both internal storage and microSD cards.
WIB Vulnerability: Sim-Card that Allows Hackers to Takeover Phones
In the past, we’ve all witnessed sim-jacking attacks that allow a hacker to impersonate the targeted victim to steal the phone number. Hackers can gain access to unauthorized information related to the victim using the vulnerability, ‘SimJacker’ was that vulnerability. Recently there’s a similar vulnerability that has popped up, which uses the same SMS-technology to track users’ devices by exploiting little-known apps that are running on a sim-card.
What Is Corporate Identity Theft? The Effects on Businesses Explained.
Personal identity theft is still quite a mess and can still take down innocent people blatantly. Business identity theft has risen in popularity, and holds the power to bring everything crashing down for a successful business. Thieves make it possible by stealing the federal tax ID of businesses, employer identification number (EIN) and other important information to open lines of credit, file illegal tax returns. Grab a drink, get cozy because it’s going to be a long ride.
The frustratingly simple techniques of ‘human hacking’ - and how to fight them
By Peter Buttler Technology has changed the meaning of how we interpret security and privacy in this digital millennium. We’ve made tools that can prevent major vulnerabilities, with years of research, and debugging, to finally prevent disruptions in our workflow from occurring. What we forget is, the biggest enemy to security is still a human being or as I must state, the mistakes that we commit.
The frustratingly simple techniques of ‘human hacking’ — and how to fight them The frustratingly simple techniques of ‘social engineering’ — and how to fight them
Technology has changed the meaning of how we interpret security and privacy in this digital millennium. We’ve made tools that can prevent major vulnerabilities, with years of research, and debugging, to finally prevent disruptions in our workflow from occurring. What we forget is, the biggest enemy to security is still a human being or as I must state, the mistakes that we commit.
The frustratingly simple techniques of ‘human hacking’ - and how to fight them
Technology has changed the meaning of how we interpret security and privacy in this digital millennium. We’ve made tools that can prevent major vulnerabilities, with years of research, and debugging, to finally prevent disruptions in our workflow from occurring. What we forget is, the biggest…
The advantages of a linked business software system
Each high-development business thinks about choices around the best business framework to deal with its growing activities. Appropriate arrangement of linked business software systems frequently takes a secondary lounge. As an outcome, divergent applications are introduced at various focuses in time in different practical territories, bringing about business process wasteful aspects and software coordination challenges.
The software packages you must use on your website
Before you launch your website, you must take care of your security and integrity. Hackers are on the verge to exploit small businesses and larger organizations. The purpose to do so is to deface your website and exploit your data for ransomware. Common methods used are through an email spam or by setting up a temporary web server where hazardous file are stored. The nature of those files can mine your system for Bitcoin and serve as part of a botnet. Average cyber-attacks cost $20,752.
How AI Is Redefining ERP in the Future?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is crawling its way into numerous applications and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions appear to be next on the rundown. AI in ERP is another marvel and incorporates everything as machines. Despite that, there is most likely that Artificial Intelligence is a viable innovation with regards to expanding the ERP framework’s mechanism.
How Enhanced AI Could Be Achieved Through Crowdsourcing Morality
With the rapid acquaintance of artificial intelligence (AI) the qualms and questions about whether robots could act immorally or soon choose to harm humans have also been raised. Some people are calling to put bans on robotics research while others are calling to conduct more research to be aware of how AI might be controlled. But how can robots learn ethical and moral behavior if there is no “user manual” for being human? This question of robotic ethics is making everyone apprehensive.
What are file-less cyber attacks and how do you protect against them
Businesses and internet users are finally becoming more aware of the danger of cyber attacks. They’ve started to boost their defending techniques, leaving hackers with fewer options to carry out their malicious deeds. However, exploiting a vulnerability is just a matter of techniques and available resources; so a good detection is all that decides the time span a hacker could stay inside a network.
Ensure security employees quit without taking passwords, encryption keys
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How to promote a culture of data stewardship for your startup
One of the great things about running a startup is that you’re working with a clean slate. If you have worked with a different organization before, you may have had issues with culture and people that you probably don’t want happening with your own company. Existing organizations, especially the established ones often have settled into their own ways of doing things. Sometimes, there can be a negative disconnect between their mission and vision statements and how people actually behave.
Who Benefits from the Backdoor in Technology?
Where encryption policies of tech giants like Google, Apple, and Microsoft have provided people with data privacy, it has also constrained government from mass surveillance practices. Therefore, Governments demanding backdoors to encrypted communications is one of the greatest concerns among security experts and people nowadays. The 2016 FBI vs Apple case was a similar clash between tech giants and law enforcement agencies in which a way to access encrypted data was demanded.
How To Recognize The Right SSL Certificate For Your Business
While browsing the internet, an intelligent user will always reach out for a site that is secured through an SSL certificate. However, many of the visitors would likely face issues if your website is not protected enough and that could create distrust among netizens. The security breaches such as the recent ransomware attack known as WannaCry, are those against which you could place strong barriers through protective measures.
6 tips to protect data from increasing Australian surveillance
If you are an Australian citizen, then you better boost your online security before ISPs and Telcos intercept your data Australia’s parliament – which passed a controversial metadata retention bill in October 2015 – issued an 18-month deadline to all ISPs and Telcos. The deadline was given so that ISPs and Telcos could come up with a plan to follow the mandatory data retention order, which requires ISPs and Telcos to store metadata on every Australian civilian for at least two years.
How to Safeguard SMBs Data In 7 Steps
A breach of data or loss of sensitive information can be disastrous for any company, but for small businesses it could mean shutting down business the very next day of its opening. When considering the infrastructure of operations of a startup business, IT is usually the least concern and lags behind other functions. This is particularly the case for small-medium sized business (SMBs) with limited resources, or it gets outsourced.
How to Protect SMBs IoT Network From Malware
2016 has been a busy year for advanced cyber-attacks including social engineering, ransomware, and malware, especially ‘Mirai’ which has been the most notorious after its source code leak. In September, the hosting provider OVH experienced a record-breaking 1 Tbps bad traffic* from more than six thousand internet-connected IoT devices powered by Mirai malware.
How to protect your IoT devices from going rogue
The Internet of Things (IoT) dubbed by many catchy monikers such as Internet of Trash, or Internet of Terror to account for the vulnerabilities present in the Internet-connected devices is increasingly making a home in our daily life. What is Internet of Things? IoT is a concept of connecting mobile devices to a single Internet-connected the cohesive network. In simple terms, every device can connect to the internet.
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