That’s kind of a loaded question, but still important. After all, you are spending a bunch of money on it; how do you know if you are getting your money’s worth? Or maybe you are not spending very much at all – in that case how do you know if you are adequately protecting your […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Apple uses contractors to listen to Siri recordings to figure out whether Siri responded correctly. Apple says that these contractors are under non-disclosure agreements and the Siri conversations are not directly tied to the person’s iPhone or Apple credentials. Still, these people hear about: Confidential medical conversations People having sex Drug deals Other likely illegal […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Equifax Agrees to Pay UP TO $700 Million to Settle Breach Lawsuits First – the settlement hasn’t been agreed to by the court yet, so this is all speculation. Of the $700 million pot, at least $300 million is set aside to pay damages to consumers. Another $100 million plus is to pay for credit […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Researchers have found a new piece of Android spyware that was likely developed by a Russian contractor that has been sanctioned for interfering with the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections. The spyware, called Monokle, has an amazing range of spying capabilities and can steal data, even without having root access on the phone. The spyware, distributed […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Even though we keep telling people not to enable Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) on Internet facing servers, a recent check showed there were still a million servers vulnerable. “In recent years, criminals deploying targeted ransomware like BitPaymer, Ryuk, Matrix, and SamSam have almost completely abandoned other methods of network ingress in favor of using […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]You moved your applications to the cloud. Now you don’t have to worry about managing IT systems. The headaches are someone else’s. Well sort of. Here is what customers of Quickbooks cloud hosting provider iNSYNNQ are seeing when they try to log on: This is what they have been seeing for the last three days. […]
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