Today the Department of Justice announced the indictment of 4 in the 2013 Yahoo breach – three years after it happened. Two of the people indicted are members of the Russian FSB. Under Russian law, the FSB is part of the Russian military and responsible for, among other things, counterespionage. The other two indicted are Russian […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The headline reads Hidden Backdoor Found in Chinese-Made Equipment. Nothing New! Move Along! That headline by itself should scare you. Researchers found a hidden backdoor in a Double Technology GSM gateway used by telephone companies and VoIP providers. DblTek is based in Hong Kong. According to the security firm Trustwave, there is an account called […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Recently Cisco published a critical vulnerability alert regarding their Webex browser plugin. While the plugin vulnerability, which affected Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer, was very serious it points to a much bigger issue. First the plugin issue. The bug affects Webex Meeting Server, Meeting Center, Event Center, Training Center and Support Center. Due to a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]When companies like Microsoft or Oracle develop software, they have massive teams who’s only job is to try and find bugs in the software. They also have made significant investments automated tools to help with software quality assurance. Still Microsoft usually patches 10-20 new bugs month after month. Oracle often patches 100 bugs a quarter. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Great Email Hack of 2016 is becoming the Great Email Hack of Forever. It appears that Russian hackers are targeting progressive groups in the U.S., hacking their emails and threatening to release embarrassing emails if they do not pay an extortion, in bitcoin. According to Bloomberg News, at least a dozen groups have been […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Google has been ordered by a magistrate judge in Philadelphia to turn over emails stored abroad. While we don’t have all the details of the case, it appears to be related to a domestic fraud case. The emails in question are stored in a foreign country. The case is a domestic case. Last summer, the […]
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