VTech, the Hong Kong based maker of kids toys, among other items (like phones), has a truly novel solution to the whole cyber security problem. I am not sure why no one has come up with this as a solution before. As a reminder, VTech announced a breach in November of last year of their […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Landry’s, which announced a breach last December, has revealed a few more details regarding the breach. One key detail still missing is the number of credit cards affected. Some of what we do know is – The breach affected 46 of the company’s brands including the high end restaurant chain Mortons and the Golden Nugget […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Sorry, this post may be a little geeky. I have said that the world of SSL is terminally broken. Now I have some agreement. And the guys saying it are not “some guys in a diner”. They won the best paper award at the 22nd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security. And they […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A hacker has contacted Motherboard and claims to have hacked into a computer at DHS and downloaded 200 GB of data including employee contact information such as names, phone numbers, email addresses and such. The hacker claimed in a conversation with Motherboard that they got a userid and password but could not get past the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Many of you have heard James Comey, director of the FBI, saying that they need to get rid of encryption – the Internet is going dark and pedophiles and terrorists will be able to do whatever they want undetected. The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University is throwing some cold water on […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As more of us start using Internet of Things devices, researchers uncover the good and the bad. First the good. The Ring Doorbell is a WiFi controlled doorbell that allows you to see video, record and talk to anyone at your door. The doorbell has a video camera and microphone in it and Ring provides […]
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