I thought it had been quiet recently – apparently too quiet. Anthem, the healthcare insurance company that operates in 14 states and is the second largest insurance company in the country, reported that it had been hacked. Anthem operates under a lot of names including Anthem Blue Cross, a name well known in the Northeast. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Trend Micro is reporting (see here) yet another Adobe Flash zero-day attack in the wild. Yes, this is a new one. No, this is not one I reported about last week. I had to read the article three times to convince myself this was not the exploit I wrote about last week. And, Trend Micro […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Many sources are reporting (see here) a bug in Internet Explorer 11 that could support a very credible looking phishing attack. Interestingly, this attack does not work on older versions of Internet Explorer, which is the reverse of what usually happens. The problem was disclosed on Saturday with a proof of concept on the full […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]BMW announced that it had fixed a bug that would have allowed hackers to compromise it’s ConnectedDrive car automation system. The bug affected over two million BMWs, Minis and Rolls Royces, according to Mashable. Apparently, the communications between BMW’s servers and your car were not even encrypted, so the solution was to use HTTPS to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While every single bank and ecommerce provider tells you that SSL (or HTTPS) is wonderful and fully protects you, unless they are on drugs, they don’t really believe that. From their perspective, the risk is manageable and they would rather reimburse you if you can prove their SSL connection leaked AND cost you money than […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to USA Today and the NY Times, Verizon has announced that it will allow users to opt out of their super-cookie program “soon”. You may remember that both Verizon and AT&T were caught adding a unique tracking identifier into all web page requests last year as customers were using programs such as ad blocker […]
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