Julio Rivera – California Globe

Keep Your Data Safe From Online Crooks This Holiday Shopping Season

December 4, 2025 3:59 pmDecember 4, 2025 3:59 pm

The holiday lights are twinkling, the cookie tins are filling up, and somewhere between “limited-time sale” and “two-day shipping guarantee,” cybercrooks are sharpening their scalpels. Every year, the rush to snag deals on Cyber Monday and Christmas turns living rooms...

The AWS Outage Just a Glimpse of Potential Cyber Chaos

October 30, 2025 11:12 amOctober 30, 2025 11:12 am

As Cybersecurity Awareness Month comes to a close, it ends having given us all a small glimpse into the potential chaos that awaits us if hackers had their way. A couple of weeks ago, Amazon Web Services suffered a massive...

Negligence by Design: How Microsoft Keeps Leaving the Back Door Open

September 28, 2025 3:00 amSeptember 28, 2025 3:01 am

Microsoft’s latest public shaming comes courtesy of an unlikely source, in Democratic Senator Ron Wyden, one of the few Dems who actually is paying attention to the current cyber mess. Wyden is demanding that the FTC launch an investigation into...

The Expiration of CISA 2015 Endangers Cybersecurity

August 29, 2025 12:18 pmAugust 29, 2025 12:18 pm

When the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) was signed into law, it represented an acknowledgment that cyber defense requires cooperation, not isolation. The principle was straightforward: companies and government agencies would share indicators of compromise, attack methods,...

Did Microsoft Hand China Front Row Access to the Pentagon?

July 29, 2025 1:38 pmJuly 29, 2025 1:38 pm

Let’s set the stage: Imagine Fort Knox, doors flung wide open, while a tour group from the Chinese Communist Party strolls through the vault with full access badges. Ridiculous? Sure. But swap out gold for data, and you’re not far...

Wounded Iran Still Poses a Threat

June 28, 2025 8:00 amJune 28, 2025 8:01 am

So, we did it. America’s military might—a combination of satellite surveillance, stealth bombers, and enough firepower to make Zeus blush—obliterated Iran’s nuclear infrastructure in a series of blistering airstrikes. The centrifuges are now molten metal. The command bunkers are smoking...

Artificial Intelligence vs. Human Incompetence: Which Will Bring Armageddon?

May 29, 2025 2:30 amMay 29, 2025 2:31 am

The rise of artificial intelligence should have marked a new frontier in innovation, productivity, and security. Instead, it’s beginning to look more like the opening act of a high-tech cautionary tale. As AI advances in sophistication, it’s not ushering in...