Securing Your Crypto Wallet
Why the world misses out on basic user-based security and isolation. When it came time to create my CryptocurrencyOS, based on Linux Mint I wanted to solve some practical user and security issues. The...
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Should We Sue Companies That Get Data Breached?
Companies spend millions of dollars in marketing and advertising, with deep budgets that go from social media advertising, to Google advertising, to TV to even lavish advertising dollars at the Super Bowl. So you...
Electrum Wallet Botnet Hack Analysis
There have been numerous “hacks” involving Electrum, with the most common ones involving “fake/modified” versions that people are tricked into downloading from unofficial sources from the outset. On average this botnet has involved more...
Top 10 Newest Tech Memes
Ah memes. The glue that keeps the internet laughing as an NSA agent watches you. During these times of no privacy, dwindling freedoms online, and cybersecurity nightmares, we need a little laughter don’t we?...
The Cyber Security Risk Of A Shut Down
Ever go on a crazy roller coaster ride? One that you know you shouldn’t go on? But it looks so thrilling you just go on it anyways? It’s amazing and thrilling alright. But it’s...
The Tech Nerd vs The BA Grad
Story time. This goes back to last year, way before I started working for BCIT and was just another bored soul picking up and dropping off my kids to school. From my connections to...
Do IT Industry Certifications Mean Anything?
The State of IT Professionals After writing some exams and reading many study guides I’ve come to the conclusion that these “exams” don’t qualify anyone. The problem is the majority of them can be...
Private Cloud Spending is Increasing not Decreasing
There has been a lot of debate in the IT world and even among some of my own colleagues about where things are heading. I think some of that comes down to “what is...
The Hype and Reality Around SDDC (Software Defined Data Centers)
There’s been growing interest and hype around software defined data centers. It sounds great on paper to have a whole datacenter in software that is portable and flexible. But people forget, that the REAL...
Attack The Day
Are you wasting time or valuing it? I have to admit, I have been very bored these last 3 years. So much so that my wife told me to either get a hobby outside...
