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Android Security: Google or Carriers issue?

Posted on January 16, 2015 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Android Security: Google or Carriers issue?

In the world of Android a couple of disturbing articles have come out recently. Google is no long patching 4.3 (Jellybean) and earlier versions. Also the amount of malware for Android increased by 75% last year. This begs, who is to receive blame on the vendor side? We all know people do not patch apps….

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Can Infosec get ahead of the Blackhats?

Posted on September 3, 2014 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Can Infosec get ahead of the Blackhats?

It is described at times as an arms race. Information Security always seems to be behind the bad guys. Can this ever change? We all know the routine by now. New exploit, new signatures, new patches, new updates, new exploits. Rinse, lather, and repeat. We hear of the next big thing to be adaptive. Heuristic…

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Security – Open Source vs. Closed: It’s a matter of eyes

Posted on April 14, 2014 By Michael Kavka 1 Comment on Security – Open Source vs. Closed: It’s a matter of eyes

For years there has been the whole what is more secure, Open or Closed source? Microsoft has and still takes a beating over this. Truth, though, is a different thing. We all have heard of Heartbleed by now. The 2 year old security gap in OpenSSL has been all over the news. During all of…

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