By Daniel Brouse For Widgette / Private Business Has America turned into a giant Tupperware Party? The field of consumer behavior is a social science that studies the psychology of consumerism. There are five basic psychological tactics to marketing: * emotional and psychological appeals * optimize credibility by highlighting your flaws * re-position your competition […]
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FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt)
Posted in Business, Education, Government, liberty, Politics, Society, War And Peace
Tagged Donald Trump, doubt, fear, FUD, Tupperware party, uncertainty
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Losing 10 Billion Trees Per Year
Part of the study Foliage Spoilage & the Trees’ Canopy Collapse Thomas Crowther is a Yale Climate & Energy Institute postdoctoral fellow at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) and led a study and census of the world’s trees (2015). The study determined there are 3 trillion trees on Earth; however, the […]
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Environment, Global Warming, Science, Trees
Tagged climate change, tree death
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Former Employees Sue Microsoft For PTSD
By Daniel Brouse for The Membrane Domain Cybersecurity Two former Microsoft employees have filed a lawsuit against Microsoft claiming PTSD. Their job as part of the security team was to review users content that had been flagged by automated software. For instance, pictures sent through Hotmail or other Microsoft services that appeared suspicious were then […]
Trump Security Breach
For months, the security community has known that both the DNC and GOP were hacked. The DNC hack was used to undermine Hillary. The GOP / Trump hacks were meant for blackmailing Trump. No surprises here. U.S. security agencies were aware of Donald Trump’s security breaches since last summer. The information was in the public […]
Posted in cybersecurity, Government, International, Internet, Security
Tagged Donald Trump, hacked, internet security, Russia, spearphishing, Trump Intelligence Allegations
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France Ups Cybersecurity
France said the number of cyber attacks against the defence ministry have doubled each year. 24,000 attacks had been thwarted in 2016. Security services have warded off attacks aimed at “tarnishing the image of the ministry as well as strategic attacks – harassment, surveillance, espionage – and even attempts to disrupt our drone systems,” Defence […]
Posted in cybersecurity, International, Law, War And Peace
Tagged France, internet security, Russia
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Chilling Facts About Antarctica
by Daniel Brouse for The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment A 1,930 square mile chunk of ice is getting ready to fall off a glacier in Antarctica. In December 2016, a large crack appeared in part of Larsen C ice shelf. Global warming is increasing the temperature of the ocean water even more than the […]
Posted in Environment, Global Warming, Science
Tagged Antarctica, climate change, ice melting, sea level rising
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U.S. Security-clearances Hacked
by Daniel Brouse for Membrane Domain Cybersecurity In 2014 and 2015, there were two major breaches of U.S. government databases holding personnel records and security-clearance files of at least 22.1 million people, including Social Security numbers and some fingerprints, of not only federal employees and contractors but their families and friends. U.S. officials have privately […]
Posted in cybersecurity, Government, Internet, Law
Tagged breaches, China, government data, hack
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Energy, Heat and Global Warming
By Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee for Sidd’s Science Center I ask: Is there anything humans do with energy that results in less heat? For example, furnaces generate heat, refrigerators generate heat, light bulbs generate heat, computers, cars, fans and even air conditioners create more heat. Is there anything that we do that has a […]
Posted in Energy, Environment, Global Warming, health and wellness, Science
Tagged burning wood, carbon dioxide, climate change, fossil fuels, heat, oil coal, work
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Russia Attempts to Hack Electric Grid
by Membrane Domain Cybersecurity Malware associated with a Russian hacking operation, Grizzly Steppe, was found on a Burlington Electric computer. It appears as though Russia was trying to access the power grid; however, the infected computer was not connected to the network. “Vermonters and all Americans should be both alarmed and outraged that one of […]
Posted in cybersecurity, Internet
Tagged computer security, Grizzly Steppe, hack, internet security, power grid, Russia, spearphising
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Russia And Cybersecurity
by Membrane Domain Cybersecurity Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear are two hacking organizations from Russia. Cozy Bear (classified as advanced persistent threat APT29) are believed to be associated with Russian intelligence. Fancy Bear (also known as APT28, Pawn Storm, Sofacy Group, Sednit and STRONTIUM) is a cyber espionage group believed to be sponsored by the […]
Posted in cybersecurity, Internet
Tagged Cozy Bear, DNC, Fancy Bear, GOP, hack, Russia
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