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The Risk of the Insider Threat

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, sent an email to all employees over the weekend telling them that the company was hacked by an employee who changed code on an internal product and sent company data outside without permission. The software, the Tesla Manufacturing Operating System, is likely used internally in the manufacturing process. The employee […]

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IoT is Going to Set Security Back a Decade, at Least

Axis Communications, the Swedish maker of high end security cameras (up to $1,000 each), announced patches to seven vulnerabilities that affect almost 400 camera models. Axis is not some cheap Chinese knockoff;  these are well respected cameras used in businesses the world over. The vulnerabilities, discovered by the security firm VDOO, comes with in depth […]

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Friday News Bites – June 15, 2018

Details Emerge on TicketFly Hack More details are coming out about the TicketFly attack.  First thing is that the web site was based on WordPress.  While WordPress is a very popular site for individuals and small businesses; using it for something as complex as a concert ticketing site is likely a mistake.  Hackers were able […]

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DoD Moving Forward on Cybersecurity After Breach

In the wake of the cybersecurity disaster at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, where a contractor lost control of over 600 gigabytes of extremely sensitive weapons system data for the Sea Dragon program, the DoD is reacting.  Sea Dragon, based on the few details we have, is a disruptive offensive weapon targeting Chinese submarines. Among […]

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The Global Shipping Industry is a Shipwreck

Maybe we should call it a dumpster fire, but whether we call it a shipwreck or a dumpster fire, it is a mess. According to pen testers, shipping industry security is where mainstream IT was years ago. The pen  testers say that the attacks are TRIVIAL to execute an easy to mitigate against. These ships […]

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Cryptocurrencies Under Attack

A story that seems to be repeated with way too much frequency is cryptocurrency attacks.  This is because most users don’t understand how easy these attacks are. I am aware of *NO* attacks that compromised the cryptography of cryptocurrencies.  Always it is the software.  Sometimes on the user’s side.  Other times on the exchange’s side. […]

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