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It's almost always delicious, especially with Eggs.

Should you trust the hash?  I like breakfast with eggs and hash, but that's not the question. As a food recipe hash is an amalgam of various delicious elements brought together. Meat, potatoes and fried onions that's food "hashery."  A chef can get really fancy with a culinary hash recipe, and this paradigm also includes the algorithms us...

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Can we stop saying Zero-day?

Zero-day Is When Discovery "Happens" Not What It Is. I've long been of the mindset that doesn't agree with the term "zero-day" exploit or vulnerability. Where the only party to whom it applies seems to be the victim or defender. It's a term of art I think is flawed.  Let's go a little deeper so you can understand where I'm coming from on ...

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All Sprays Aren't Ultra Sheen™

Laziness Leads To A Bad Password Day At one level or another many people fall into the bad practice of password reuse and typically the password is an easily guessable one or, worse yet, has been previously compromised during a data breach. It's the length, not the strength. The InfoBro When there is a website or online service account breach peopl...

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What's your favorite color?

The Try Not To Do It Challenge. Questions that solicit and tease more information from you for alternative uses, even compromise, have become commonplace. I'm intrigued on one hand and befuddled on the other. At times I'm shocked into paralysis by the sheer audacity of the questions (#NOMAKEUPSELFIE, "I'm clearing out my Facebook friends list ...

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National Data Privacy Day - January 28, 2021

Stay aware of your apps and privacy settings. Today, as originally visited on January 27, 2014 by the 113th U.S. Congress, in S. Res. 337 is the date designated as "National Data Privacy" day.  Although the resolution was non-binding it served to establish a precedent that "encourages State and local governments to obs...

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Choices Have Consequences

 Application martyrdom is a risk Firstly, in light of the activity of the last week, it would be folly not to acknowledge that swift actions are required to wrangle control of potential command and control platforms. To be clear insurrection is the activity, which took place in my hometown, in my neighborhood, to which I'm referring. Although ...

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