Welcome to HakProof.com. This site is my attempt to reach out beyond the physical classroom to the community at large to help each of you increase your personal SQ or Security Quotient. Today was my eighth visit to WHTC 1450 AM radio station in Holland Michigan to be a guest on the daily show, Talk of the Town.
Click on Link to access the Podcast, of my time on today’s show:
http://whtc.com/podcasts/talk-of-the-town-today/99/cyber-security-with-james-allen-feb-15/
Microsoft’s call for a “Digital Geneva Convention.”
Brad Smith, the president of Microsoft calls for the security community to remain neutral when nations fight each other in cyberspace.
Arby’s POS Data Breach
Arby’s corporate owned restaurant have had POS data breach of 335K records.
Vizio has been watching you
Vizio has been caught and fined for collecting information on your viewing habits and selling it with a little too much info about you. If you want to disable the “feature” check out the linked article.
IRS Tax Scams (see article for details)
- Identity Theft
- Phone Scams
- Phishing
- Return Preparer Fraud
- Offshore Tax Avoidance
- Inflated Refund Claims
- Fake Charities
- Falsely Padding Deductions on Returns
- Excessive Claims for Business Credits
- Falsifying Income to Claim Credits
- Abusive Tax Shelters
- Frivolous Tax Arguments
Sorry for the short write up this month. I am preparing for the kickoff for the Davenport University Robotics Program.