LastPass was hacked – Change Your Master Password Now | LIFARS. RFID skimming hits close to home. January is typically the time of year when most of us are scared to look at our bank and credit card statements. It doesn’t help that when we do, we find fraudulent transactions or, even worse, our accounts are maxed out or drained completely of funds. This happened to some 400 people in Nova Scotia, Canada, this past December. It is believed they were victims of RFID (radio-frequency identification) skimming.
RFID security breaches are nothing new, but it has typically happened in much larger centers. Atlantic Canadians were caught completely off-guard, including a close family member of yours truly. That being said, I am not accusing any organization of failing to notify customers of RFID skimming. What is RFID skimming? RFID skimming is a form of digital theft, which enables information from RFID based smart cards, also known as “tap” cards, to be read and duplicated. How can you protect yourself? For the record, I am now the proud owner of an RFID blocking wallet. Just Upgrade or maybe not | The View from The Geekside. As IT Professionals a core element of our industry is the fact that technology is constantly evolving, advancing, and changing into newer ways of doing things.
This movement is coupled with, and magnified by, the fact that technology companies cancel support for the older products and technology. A natural byproduct of being an IT Pro is that we develop the opinion that it’s our job to ‘champion’, or evangelize, our individual stance on what direction we feel these changes should be made with those we support. Always pushing our employers and our customers into implementing the newest technology and replacing the systems that are no longer supported. “The solution to your issue is to implement BYOD now!” “XP is no longer supported, you HAVE to upgrade immediately!”
“You’re still on OSX 10.5, are you crazy?!” “That system is still running Ubuntu 10.04. “OMG! “Why in the world did you reformat that old computer? I want to approach this topic from a different angle. 1. 2. 3. Heresy! Like this: Andrew Karpie's Blog / Blogs / Research & Publications / Home - Staffing Industry Analysts. April 3, 2014 by: Andrew Karpie Yee-ha! It’s springtime, and it’s time for a roundup of Online Staffing/Human Cloud platform developments! So you ask, what is a “roundup?” Well, Merriam-Webster defines it this way: So I guess my roundup of “to-date 2014” developments in the online staffing and human cloud platform space is characterized by all three of the above definitions. So let’s see what we have corralled so far in 2014.
While the last major event of 2013 was the big announcement of the Elance and oDesk merger plan (which, by all accounts, appears to be heading toward completion), the year 2014 did not start with a big bang. And, in just the past month, it seems there’s been a bit of a stampede of further developments. OnForce announced Converge (a so-called Freelance Management System or FMS that OnForce says will complement a VMS and allow enterprise CWPs and MSPs to manage freelancers, aka “short assignment” contractors). Care.com –Another Online Work Arrangement Platform IPOs. OnForce has Apple's back.
BBJ | W. Marc Bernsau OnForce CEO Peter Cannone said the company is "changing the world of services. " Taryn Plumb, Special to the Journal The common refrain among businesses — big and small alike — is that good workers are hard to find. But what if, instead of going through the traditional process of posting ads, performing interviews, and rifling through resumes, you could find precisely the person you needed with just a few mouse clicks? When it comes to outsourced technical workers, this is the goal of Lexington-based OnForce Inc.: To simply, yet effectively, connect companies with independent IT professionals through a cloud-based technology platform. "We've set the tone of the next generation of the way services are going to be delivered," said Peter Cannone, CEO of OnForce, which was founded in 2003 and moved to Lexington from New York in 2007.
The firm's most notable customer is Apple Inc. Contractors who want to be listed have to apply, and only about 20 percent are accepted. Techniciandeployment. How to install owncloud on your Raspberry pi with usb hdd: raspberry pi, debian. These instructions are based on installing Owncloud on your new raspberry pi connected with a usb HDD. What do you need Part A? A Raspberry Pi, model B.A boot SD card for the Raspberry Pi.A usb HDDAn Ethernet cable to connect to the local network I used the Debain image I am assuming that you have already setup your raspberry pi ( and are able to connect it it and run commands. I am also assuming that your USB hard-drive is /dev/sda1 when connected to your Raspberry pi.
Connect to device, once connected, to find devices attached type (This Lists HDD devices connected the system)My output is ----Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 7948 MB, 7948206080 bytes4 heads, 32 sectors/track, 121280 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 128 * 512 = 65536 bytesSector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytesI/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytesDisk identifier: 0x000ee283 To create Directory type. How Can I Protect Against Social Engineering Hacks? Thursday technology link round-up. U.S. Chamber's Disgraced Smear Plot Conspirator, 'Anonymous' Foe, Aaron Barr Found Collaborating with Self-Appointed #OccupyWallStreet 'Snitch' UPDATED: Super-genius Barr responds, shoots self again... Apparently, disgraced former HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr just can't help himself. The guy who lost his job and was publicly humiliated after promising to reveal the identities of the supposed leadership of hacktivist group Anonymous and getting caught devising a plan to illegally discredit, defraud and spy on perceived opponents of the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce and Bank of America is now palling around with a self-appointed NYPD/FBI "snitch" at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations and beyond, according to --- ironically enough --- emails accidentally released on the Internet by the "snitch" himself, Thomas Ryan. These two are the government corporate welfare queens and "cyber security" clowns that can't shoot straight, it seems. But at least they have each other --- and your tax-payer dollars --- as they both work for highly remunerated, government contracted security firms. As We Know It May Be Over. This is a post I never thought I’d have to write. Unfortunately, I do. And the worst part about it is that it should be Michael Arrington writing this post, not me.
But he can’t. TechCrunch is on the precipice. As soon as tomorrow, Mike may be thrown out of the company he founded. Or he may not. No one knows. By now, if you read TechCrunch, you likely know about the nuclear situation that has exploded over the past several days. Earlier this evening, I wrote a post on my personal blog attempting to explain to those outside our company how TechCrunch actually works from an editorial perspective. AOL may be on the verge of changing all of that. Again, none of us know for sure — including Mike — but I have a really bad feeling. As someone who has helped build TechCrunch into what it has become, this entire situation is insulting.
Mike Arrington has enabled all of this. Could TechCrunch survive without Mike Arrington? I can’t believe this is even a possibility. A 10-year quest for an IT job - 18 Aug 2011 - Letters to the Editor: a Computing blog. I started studying for an IT degree as a 40-year-old mature student in 1999. On completion, my IT tutors told me that with my new qualification I could walk into a job. I had loads of interviews but not a single offer of employment. OK, I thought, let’s try the Open University Diploma in Computing.
I nailed that as well, all the while working 40 hours a week in the print industry, which was and still is heading down the toilet. More interviews followed, but still no job. So then I decided to study for a Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE). The guy at the open day at Glamorgan University said if I got it and then topped it up to a degree, it would change my life. In 2007 I got my degree – a 2:1 – but at every interview I subsequently attended I encountered the same problem: an interviewer who was under the age of 30. This whole arduous journey through IT education has certainly been “life changing” – for the worse. C Davies BSc Hons. Made in NYC. Slash blog » MIT and the “Ecosystem Hacker”
MIT is a totally amazing place for startups and entrepreneurship. It’s one of those places where ideas and talent and super-slick technology lives in the floors and walls and hallways. I heard the other day that they had created a position within the Entrepreneurship Center called an “Ecosystem Hacker” – essentially someone whose sole job it is to hang out at the E-Center and help startups flourish on campus. While long overdue, it seems like a sweet gig for the right person (also one of those positions that never gets advertised). I sent some questions to the current Ecosystem Hacker Elliot Cohen to find out more details. See below. Hope you find this useful. What does the Ecosystem Hacker do all day? What kind of programs have you helped organize? Entrepreneurs in Residence: We recruit the best entrepreneurs, angels, and VCs from the community to provide open office hours for students on campus as they work through early stage ideas.
What was the experience like? President Trump? Billionaire considering 2012 run. Trump insists he’s serious. He rejects skeptics’ claims that he’s using the publicity to draw viewers to “Celebrity Apprentice,” the NBC reality program he co-produces and hosts. “The ratings on the show are through the roof. I don’t need to boost the ratings,” Trump told The Associated Press in a recent interview. “But the country is doing so badly. I wish there was someone in the Republican field I thought would be incredible because that’s what we need right now.”
If he runs, Trump would follow a well-worn path of wealthy businessmen who have sought the White House before. Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire New York City mayor, also has hinted at national political ambitions even as he says he won’t enter the race. Trump is prepared to spend as much as $600 million of his personal fortune on the race. He flirted with presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2000, but never did run. So what makes the 2012 race any different? Publically, Trump has taken several steps to suggest he’s not joking. Blog – Latest OnForce Product Enhancements. You gave us feedback. We listened. In our latest release that was issued on Sunday, December 5, we made some enhancements that we think will help support quality experiences for service professionals, service buyers, end users and OnForce. Here’s a taste of some of the latest updates… Improved check-in and check-out process. Of course, as you continue to give us feedback, we will continue to update you regarding the improvements that we’re making.
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