Internet Security Blog from Kevin Lam

I’ve never tried this app myself, and after reading this article I am somewhat happy I haven’t.  According to the report, Snapchat doesn’t make your photos truly disappear as promised.  Of course some attorney is going to argue that not visible is different from not recoverable, but when it comes to people’s privacy why even [...]

The Associated Press’s Twitter account was hacked yesterday, apparently from a phishing attack. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/24/178780548/aps-twitter-account-running-again-was-hacked-tuesday It feels like there’s an opportunity here, we’ve got a wide spread problem that affects everyone small and big.  And how long have we been talking about phishing attacks? –Kevin

Here’s a news article about the latest Schnucks data breach and how it will likely cost the company millions in fines and investigation costs. Check out the article at: http://cyberfpn.advisen.com/fpnHomepagep.shtml?resource_id=1971079861903211331#top –Kevin

Hi Everyone, I justed posted a new blog about “Don’t Look Stupid in Front of Your Customers in 2013: Top Things NOT to Say to Your Customers About Security”.  You can check it out at http://www.goironcloud.com/how-to-avoid-looking-stupid-in-front-of-your-customers-in-2013-top-things-not-to-say-to-your-customers-about-security/#.UWM0zFf5WAn Enjoy, –Kevin

Here’s a pretty interesting article about how misconfigured file sharing services can lead to data theft and breach.  If you’re using services like Dropbox, SkyDrive, Google Drive and Box.net, don’t forget we give away a free file encryption app that you can get right now for free.  You just drag and drop the data you [...]

I am thrilled to announce that IronCloud now supports Box.net encryption. Now if you have data you want to keep absolutely private on Box.net (or Dropbox, Google Drive or Skydrive) you can do it easily and for free. Check out the new IronCloud website at www.goironcloud.com. Enjoy, Kevin

Recently the Carolina Medical Center-Randolph suffered a data breach where over 5000 patient records were accessed by a computer hacker according to http://cyberfpn.advisen.com/fpnHomepagep.shtml?resource_id=1896029311349942414. HIPAA security issues and data breaches are nothing new.  But what did standout in this article to me was the fact that the Carolina HealthCare System took additional steps to notify an additional [...]

I hope everyone is having a safe and enjoyable holiday.  I’ve got great news too.  We just released a new product called IronCloud Desktop! It’s a add-on to cloud services like Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft Skydrive that lets you drag-and-drop encrypt your most sensitive data.  Use it to protect your most sensitive files like [...]

Here’s an interesting story about the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center reporting that a USB device with over 2000 patient records has been lost. If you’re storing sensitive customer data on a mobile device or some other device that easily lost or stolen (like a USB thumb drive), read this article on how can [...]

Happy to announce that version 1.5.18 of our cloud-based secure file transfer solution just went into production.  This version added some minor, but much needed updates.  And as always, our customer don’t need to lift a single finger to get the latest bits. –Kevin If you’re serious about data protection, you need LOCKBOX