Since we all know that misery loves company, it may bring some comfort that even Facebook and Google can fall victim to business email compromise scams. In one way, that makes perfect sense since the weak link is always people. On the other hand, you would think that big companies like Facebook and Google would […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In spite of the salacious sounding title, even though The post discusses social media, it IS suitable for work. What is not suitable for work is what people are doing online. Grindr, a social media platform catering to gay and bi-sexual men is being sued by Matthew Herrick who says that 1,100 men have showed […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Just when I thought I had heard it all comes a new form of attack – called homographs. Homograph attacks in browsers can happen because browsers have to support internationalization – languages other than English. In this demo page below, it looks like the web site is an HTTPS Apple.com web page. Note: you can […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Occasionally, the good guys win. Russian hacker Roman Seleznev, son of a Russian Parliament member was sentenced to 27 years in jail after being convicted on 38 counts. The idiot made the mistake of vacationing in the Maldives, either thinking the FBI didn’t know who he was, wasn’t watching him or thinking he was special […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The NSA and CIA can’t seem to keep their toys under wraps. Last week the Shadow Brokers released more NSA tools. The generally agreed upon theory is that the tools were developed by the NSA’s Equation Group, a hacking for hire contractor. What is less clear is how they got out. One possibility is that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For some people, they never met an app that they didn’t like. And install. Well, here is the counterpoint to that concept. Bose is now being sued because, the lawsuit says, that the Bose app is collecting data and selling it. Maybe that might be expected if their headphones didn’t cost $300 or more. Then […]
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