Boy, just when you thought you were doing it right! Ars Technica, Dark Reading, Security Week and others are reporting a new variant of the Citadel malware that has been around for several years. According to the articles, the new variant monitors processes and when it sees Keepass, Password Safe or neXus start up, it […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to articles on ZDNet and ABC, NSA chief Admiral Mike Rogers said in testimony before the US House Intelligence Committee that China and probably one or two other countries could shut down critical computer networks that could force U.S. power and water grids, aviation systems and financial systems offline. Let that sink in for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Microsoft just published a critical patch for a 19 year old bug that dates back to Windows 95 and Internet Explorer 3.0. First the obvious – since it was still there after 19 years, all the testing that Microsoft and users have done on every version of windows back to and including Windows 95 did […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Following up on today’s Uber theme, There is an article on USAToday.com tonight that says that Uber has something they call “God View” that allows Uber employees to stalk VIP users (and apparently track the movements of any Uber user) – including journalists who are writing articles negative to Uber. My guess is that this is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I am sure that many of you have used the Uber and Lyft ride sharing services, but have you thought about what would happen if the driver was in an accident. You might want to. Insurance Networking News recently reported about a new coverage that one insurance company (Erie) is offering to provide coverage to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There was an interesting article in Wired that “outed” Verizon’s use of perma-cookies. Simply explained, perma-cookies are cookies that identify the user that are added by the carrier between the user’s browser and the receiving web site. The effect of this is an ID that will follow the user, potentially across devices, silently, with no […]
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