Jul 31

FIR #98: We Really Hate Those Toilet Paper Bears

Jen Phillips and Doug Haslam joined host Shel Holtz for conversations about Twitter’s plan to introduce a $99 monthly subscription service as it loses 1 million American users, Procter & Gamble dropping millions of dollars in digital ad spending and not detecting any difference in sales, Volkswagen’s approach to rebuilding employee confidence after its emissions scandal, a study from MWWPR that finds one-third of Americans are brand activists, and Augmented Reality’s potential to change the way we make decisions. In his Tech Report, Dan York covers Flash’s demise, Russia’s ban on VPNs, and more.
Continue Reading →

The post FIR #98: We Really Hate Those Toilet Paper Bears appeared first on FIR Podcast Network.

Jul 24

For Immediate Release #97: Welcome to Manhood, Ma’am

Shonali Burke and Olivier Blanchard joined host Shel Holtz for conversations about Gillette’s inadvertent mailing of razors to women and older meant when they’re meant for young men reaching their 18th birthday; the rise of chatbots as a marketing tool; unconscious bias in the workplace and its consequences and cures; oil companies looking to hire Millennials who have made the environment their top issue; and Delta’s response to an attack from political commentator Ann Coulter.
Continue Reading →

The post FIR #97: Welcome to Manhood, Ma’am appeared first on FIR Podcast Network.

Jul 17

For Immediate Release #96: The Crisis That Keeps On Giving

In the July installment of The Hobson & Holtz Report, Neville and Shel talked about a 15-year-old participating in a Work Experience program who took over the Twitter account of the beleaguered Southern Rail in the U.K; an experiment by the online publication Quartz to add display-type ads in the text of stories that let users ask an Artificial Intelligence-based chatbot named Hugo for more information about just the stuff they’re interested in; whether Artificial Intelligence eventually take over the creative side of content marketing; Takata’s air bag crisis, which is now in its second decade; workarounds and system-gaming by brands and publishers frustrated that they can’t get the results they want on the social media channels they’re using, and the true cost of cybercrime to afflicted companies (there’s a communication angle.) Dan York’s Tech Report looks at Microsoft’s new LinkedIn app for Windows 10, issues with the Skype app rollouts for iOS and Android and the changes those issues prompted, and why some publishers are abandoning Snapchat for Instagram.
Continue Reading →

The post FIR #96: The Crisis That Keeps On Giving appeared first on FIR Podcast Network.

Jul 16

Test of a YouTube embed

Just testing embedding a YouTube video via the YT embed code:

Jul 11

Rough Guide to IETF 99: DNS Privacy and Security, including DNSSEC

There’s a good bit of DNS secrurity and privacy activity happening at IETF 99 next week in Prague, although not all of that is in working groups. Here is a view of what is going on.

IETF 99 Hackathon

Once again there will be a good-sized “DNS team” at the IETF 99 Hackathon over the weekend (15-16 July). The IETF 99 Hackathon wiki outlines the work (scroll down to see it). From a security point of view, major projects include:

Dan York

Jul 10

Rough Guide to IETF 99: DNS Privacy and Security, including DNSSEC

There’s a good bit of DNS secrurity and privacy activity happening at IETF 99 next week in Prague, although not all of that is in working groups. Here is a view of what is going on. IETF 99 Hackathon Once again there will be a good-sized “DNS team” at the IETF 99 Hackathon over the weekend (15-16 […]

The post Rough Guide to IETF 99: DNS Privacy and Security, including DNSSEC appeared first on Internet Society.

Jun 30

Building Our New Website: A video about the user experience of multilingual websites

How do you build a multilingual website? What are the things you should be thinking about? In my last post in this series, I wrote about our need for a multilingual editor (and we now have some GREAT candidates!). But there’s obviously much more to a s…

Jun 29

Building Our New Website: A video about the user experience of multilingual websites

How do you build a multilingual website? What are the things you should be thinking about? In my last post in this series, I wrote about our need for a multilingual editor (and we now have some GREAT candidates!). But there’s obviously much more to a site than just having a person on board. This […]

The post Building Our New Website: A video about the user experience of multilingual websites appeared first on Internet Society.

Jun 27

New Petyawrap Ransomware Attack Again Highlights Critical Need For Security Processes

Whenever there’s a new attack on a global scale, the world trusts the Internet a little less. Today we are concerned with the many reports about this new ransomware attack called “Petyawrap”, “Petrwrap” or an older name of “Petya.”

The sad fact is: this new attack exploits the same vulnerabilities in Windows systems as last month’s WannaCry attack. 

Fixes have been available for most Windows systems since March 2017!

The same tips Niel Harper provided last month to protect against ransomware also apply here.

Dan York

Jun 27

New Petyawrap Ransomware Attack Again Highlights Critical Need For Security Processes

Whenever there’s a new attack on a global scale, the world trusts the Internet a little less. Today we are concerned with the many reports about this new ransomware attack called “Petyawrap”, “Petrwrap” or an older name of “Petya.” The sad fact is: this new attack exploits the same vulnerabilities in Windows systems as last […]

The post New Petyawrap Ransomware Attack Again Highlights Critical Need For Security Processes appeared first on Internet Society.