At the heart of the Equifax breach was a bit of outdated software on the company's systems that its administrators had missed. This obviously has led to a large-scale disaster, potentially exposing the identifying information of up to 143 million Americans. But is your small business computer system updated? Many of the updates you receive from your software provider plug known holes in the security of your system. Hackers know about these holes, and search for systems that haven't plugged them. If your system is out of date, you're a bigger target than you were before your software … [Read more...]
Are You Ready for Range Day?
If you've just purchased your first gun, or you haven't been to the range in a long time, there are some basic bits of etiquette you should remember when heading out to shoot. Rachel Hernandez lays out a nice intro at the Loadout Room: Follow the rules of the range. Once you arrive at the range, keep your gear in the car. Go inside and tell the staff you are there to shoot. If you’re a beginner shooter, be upfront and tell them you’re fairly new; that will help the range staff better anticipate any questions or concerns you may have arising from your inexperience.... Always point your … [Read more...]
Equifax Breach: How Did it Happen? What Does it Mean?
When a company's business is solely devoted to collecting your most valuable information, you would hope that its security is up to the challenge of a world full of criminal hackers looking to exploit your data for their gain. Unfortunately that wasn't the case with Equifax. The company allowed months to go by before plugging a known hole in its security. The WSJ reports: On March 8, researchers at Cisco Systems Inc. reported an online security flaw that allowed hackers to break into servers around the internet. Cisco urged users to upgrade their systems immediately with a newly issued … [Read more...]
A Former Democrat Takes Missouri to the Right
Over the decades the official political affiliations of President Donald Trump have shifted at least five times according to the Smoking Gun. Now another party flipper is the governor of Missouri, Eric Greitens, and he's becoming a GOP star. Greitens is a former Navy SEAL, who, since switching to the GOP and winning the governorship has pushed forward an ambitious conservative agenda. For starters Greitens passed a Right to Work bill (something I've written about many times including here, here, here, and here) that Missouri's former governor, Democrat Jay Nixon, had vetoed multiple … [Read more...]
The Best Way to Carry This Essential Survival Tool
Marines carry it, SEALs carry it, and you should too. Duct tape, it holds what needs holding. At the Loadout Room, Scott Witner explains a great way to carry a bit of duct tape in your everyday carry kit. He writes: If something doesn’t move that is supposed to then use WD-40. If that something moves and it isn’t supposed to, then use duct tape. Ever since MacGyver first aired back in the day, my eyes have been opened to the multitude of uses that it has if you think outside the box a little. In the Marine Corps we referred to it as riggers tape and yes we taped everything with that … [Read more...]
Apple’s iPhone: Food for Thought
Is there an Apple without the iPhone? With the bulk of sales coming from iPhones, Apple is dependent on the smartphones to keep growing. The new iPhone X is an attempt to keep the momentum by offering a more advanced phone at a higher price point. This is new territory for Apple, but necessary to fend off threats from Samsung and other competitors. Tripp Mickle reports at the WSJ: Rivals such as Samsung have matched or leapfrogged ahead of Apple’s smartphone features, introducing larger displays using organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology and water resistance before Apple did. … [Read more...]
Benny’s to Close Stores
A cornerstone of New England retail, Benny's, is going out of business. After serving New England shoppers since the 1920s, the Bromberg family has decided it's time to close up shop. Emily Clark reports in the Patriot Ledger on the death of yet another brick and mortar retail institution: On Friday, the company announced that it will close all 31 of its stores in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. At the Benny’s in Raynham, shoppers crowded the aisles the day after the announcement. Customer George Cayton said the news for him was personal. He worked at the store when he was a … [Read more...]
What Happened to the Middle Class? It’s Not What You Think
There has been a lot written about the demise of the American middle class, but Dan Mitchell points out to readers of his International Liberty blog that the story is not all that it seems. He writes: Some folks on the left like to claim that the middle class is shrinking and that therefore we need bigger government and more redistribution to protect these Americans from falling into poverty. Well, the first half of that statement is true. The middle class is becoming smaller. But here’s the good news. As I noted in 2015 when sharing some data from Pew, the middle class is shrinking … [Read more...]
Emergency Rain Water Collection System Using MRE Sleeve
Here’s a quick way to collect water using an MRE sleeve courtesy of Corporals Corner: … [Read more...]
Here Comes the Abrams Super Tank
General Dynamics has been awarded contracts worth $580 million to develop and integrate System Enhancement Package Version 3 (SEPv3) for the M1A2 Abrams tank. General Dynamics will also develop seven prototypes of the SEPv4 variant for testing in 2021. The SEPv3 will add significant new capabilities to the M1A2 Abrams tanks. The SEPv3 will have an improved counter IED armor package, improved forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensor, a low-profile Common Operated Weapon Station (CROWS), and an auxiliary power unit (APU) to run electronics without the main engine running. Maj. Gen. David … [Read more...]
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