Author Archives: 7tunnels

Across the United States, 3200 separate organizations own and operate electrical infrastructure. The widely dispersed nature of the nation’s electrical grid and associated control systems has a number of advantages, including a reduced risk that any single accident or attack … Read More

As the use of mobile devices for business continues to rise, the risks stemming from the hacking of voice communication have increased dramatically. From public embarrassment and backlash to the loss of sensitive or regulated data, the implications are vast. … Read More

Time to get out your deerstalker hat. Somewhere out there is a publicly available database with approximately 191 million voting records, with details like names, birthdates, addresses, phone numbers, and political party affiliation. The problem? Nobody knows who owns the database, … Read More

It’s no surprise that Game of Thrones is yet again the number one pirated show of the year, for the fourth year running now. But what is surprising is that in an age where there are so many easy, legal streaming … Read More

  Consumer devices vulnerable There are now more than 3 billion connected devices in use by consumers, according to Gartner, and this number will increase to 4 billion next year. A big chunk of that increase will come as a … Read More

The fallout from a serious security mistake made by Dell is widening, as security experts find more issues of concern. Researchers with Duo Security have found a second weak digital certificate in a new Dell laptop and evidence of another … Read More

There’s a burning debate – bordering on a battle – between the U.S. government and technology companies over encryption. The government asserts that encryption – when it is so strong that the police can not eavesdrop on communications in their … Read More