Holiday Tech Humor!
A little holiday tech humor courtesy of Frank Carey – Happy Holidays from the Cogitas Group!
OAuth2 Authorization Protocol
OAuth2 (Open Authorization) is an Authorization Protocol that allows a website or an application to access resources hosted by other web applications on behalf of a user. OAuth2 is now ...
Apple fixes new zero-day used in attacks against iPhones, iPads
Apple revealed in an advisory today that it’s aware of reports saying the security flaw “may have been actively exploited.” The bug (CVE-2022-42827) is an out-of-bounds write issue reported to ...
Five years of data show that SSDs are more reliable than HDDs over the long haul
Backup and cloud storage company Backblaze has published data comparing the long-term reliability of solid-state storage drives and traditional spinning hard drives in its data center. Based on data collected ...
Windows 11 Adoption is Stagnating
Has everyone who is going to upgrade already done it? There must be a correlation between Windows 11’s new hardware requirements and the upgrade rate. https://www.computerworld.com/article/3655739/windows-11-adoption-appears-to-be-stagnating.html
Wyze Security Cameras – Vulnerability
This is a good thing to think about – who watches the watchers? https://www.xda-developers.com/wyze-security-vulnerability-2022/
Exchange Server bug: Patch now, but multi-factor authentication might not stop these attacks, warns Microsoft
Microsoft confirmed that two-factor authentication (2fa) won’t necessarily protect against attackers exploiting the new Exchange flaws, particularly if an account has already been compromised. “If auth is successful (2FA or ...
Popular student monitoring software could have exposed thousands to hacks
“This is the second time in less than a year that McAfee researchers have found vulnerabilities in Netop’s education software—glitches that hackers could exploit to gain control over students’ computers, ...
Retro Computers Still Kicking!
Retro computers are still kicking – this is an older article, but very interesting – I think we’d all be very surprised how many of these first computers still run ...
Judge rules $5 billion Google Chrome Incognito mode lawsuit can go forward
One of the primary goals of the Cogitas Group is to educate users on exactly what is secure and what is not. This article from Ars Technica discusses how Google’s ...