The most recent distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) meant that most people could not get to Twitter. While that was awful and may have forced a few people to actually work instead of tweeting, for the most part, that was not a big deal. In fairness to the DYN attack, there were actually hundreds […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This post applies to two groups of people – Members of a law firm Clients who share their sensitive information with their law firms That pretty much means everyone! The American Bar Association model rule of Professional Conduct 1.6 says that “a lawyer shall make reasonable efforts to prevent the inadvertent or unauthorized access, to information […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If you bought a car in the last few years, it is possible that your data is available for sale on the black market. Names, addresses, phone numbers and socials for both customers and employees for over a hundred car dealerships were exposed. For how long and to whom is unknown. The system that got […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While most people agree that Apple’s closed ecosystem is more secure than Android’s open ecosystem, that does not mean that Apple’s world is without risk. This week Apple is removing hundreds of fake apps. These apps carried brand labels like Dillards, Nordstrom, Christian Dior and Salvatore Ferragamo. The actual brands have nothing to do with […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Following in the tradition of the Ruskies with the DNC, DNCC and Clinton campaign hacks, hackers in the Middle East are using a phishing technique dubbed Moonlight to catch unsuspecting users with phishing emails. What is interesting is that the tech involved is “off-the-shelf”. What they have spent time working on is the phishing emails […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Chinese parliament is about to enact a new cybersecurity law which will force U.S. companies doing business in China to make some ugly choices which could, potentially, affect you. If Parliament passes the law on Monday November 7th, it will become law. Foreign business interests (like U.S. tech companies) are sorta unhappy because losing […]
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