Internet Security Blog from Kevin Lam

Happy post Mother’s day everyone. A minor update to our DropOff service (loginless secure file transfer) went into production this weekend plus a slew of Microsoft security patches. As always, our customers don’t need to lift a finger to get this new update. Let us know at support@golockbox.com if you encounter any issues. –Kevin

When businesses store data in the cloud, especially highly sensitive data, they expose themselves and their customers to data security risks.  If your business has any of its critical business (or your customer’s) data stored in the cloud, you’ll want to read this. In this series, we will discuss some notable data security risks that [...]

Version 1.5.15 was pushed out to the production servers today. We love hearing from our customers and about features they want to make our work even better for them. So this update incorporates many of those requested features. And as always, our customers don’t don’t need to lift a finger to start enjoying these new [...]

If you are a small business, then you know how critical service providers can be. They free you from having to build your own systems, host unnecessary infrastructure and let you focus on serving your customers. Unfortunately, it seems that many service providers are using the words like “cloud” and “security” as marketing gimmicks without [...]

Somebody recently asked me how I would use my experience as a legal and professional hacker to steal their personal identity. There are lots of way to do this. I might attack your email account, bank accounts, your laptop, your work account and your home wireless network just to start. Or I could take an [...]

I read an older article with Gary Loveland from PwC on cloud security and he made an interesting point about “provider-side security control transparency” being needed in order to drive cloud adoption. So I thought I would share the framework we’ve been using here at LOCKBOX with our customers in case someone else can benefit [...]

Version 1.5.12 is finally here and pushed out to the production servers.  As always, our customers don’t need to do anything to get this update.  Happy holidays and let us know if you experience any problems with the latest service at support@golockbox.com. –Kevin LOCKBOX SFT, the easiest to use and most secure file transfer service  

A friend sent me this story about how nearly 17,000 patient records were stolen from a laptop that was taken from a consultant’s car. Here’s how you can protect the sensitive data on your computer or laptop (even if it’s lost or stolen) with just the system you’re using right now. If I took your [...]

Earlier this month, the U.S. Drone Fleet was hit by a computer malware that appeared to be logging keystrokes sent to the drones.  What’s interesting about the report is that the malware has resisted several attempts by the military to cleanse the infection.  In other words, as soon as they clean off one instance of the malware, [...]

After what seems like months and months of gathering customer feedback, code development, testing and then doing it all over again, I am happy to announce that LOCKBOX SFT version 1.5.9 is finally here! Version 1.5.9 is stuffed with a bunch of new features and improvements, but here are some of the key ones we [...]