by Brian Allison | May 1, 2018 | Security, Uncategorized
Aldous Huxley would recognize our brave new world. Like software engineers write code to create programs, genetic engineers can use code to create synthetic DNA. These genetic codes start as code on a computer, and that computer can be hacked. The end-result could be...
by Brian Allison | Jan 9, 2018 | Security, Uncategorized
IMPORTANT INCS INFORMATIONAL NOTICE – PLEASE READ To all our INCS clients, friends and family, and acquaintances: Widely-used CPU chips have a critical design flaw that presents a possible security risk. Fixing it is a high-priority activity, and the fix may slow...
by Brian Allison | Jul 28, 2017 | Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems
Future of Windows “Right now, we are releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we are all still working on Windows 10.” — as stated by Microsoft employee Jerry Nixon at the Microsoft Ignite conference in May, 2015. He describes...
by Brian Allison | May 17, 2017 | Security
Under shadowy circumstances, a self-replicating virus with a ransomware payload wreaked havoc across the globe over the weekend. The virus, dubbed WannaCrypt or WCry, is based on what was believed to be a previously unknown exploit, or “zero-day,” code-name...
by Brian Allison | Mar 19, 2017 | Security
The cyber security firm Nuix compiled a recent report, ironically called the Black Report, based on interviews with active so-called “White Hat” hackers. White Hat is used here in the context of someone that’s doing ethical work at the invitation of their...
