Yesterday’s double trouble outage should remind businesses that planning for outages and continuing to operate is not optional. The first outage was at Microsoft where it’s Active Directory services had some problems. Active Directory is used to “authenticate” users and services, so if it doesn’t work, not much else does. The good news is that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There is no easy answer, but I can tell you for sure that the FBI has been applying more and more resources to cybecrime every year. Just this month they unsealed seven indictments charging 16 people from China, Russia, Iran and Malaysia with hacking crimes. Treasury sanctioned 45 people associated with Iran and two people […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]GAO Tells Treasury: Track Cyber Risk in Financial Sector The GAO told Treasury to work with Homeland Security to better track cyber risk in the financial sector. The GAO says that Treasury does not track efforts or prioritize them. The “sector specific” security plan was last updated in 2016 and, of course, most of the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There are two flavors of insider threats. #1 is Edward Snowden. Skilled. Motivated. On a mission. Understands that there will be collateral damage. Knows that he or she is breaking the rules. Sometimes it is national security. Other times it is industrial espionage. Still other times it is pure curiosity. Often, but not always (such […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Hacking Group Dark Overlord hacked Athens Orthopedic 4 years ago and they are still dealing with the fallout, including paying a 1.5 million dollar fine to the feds. The feds say that Athens management was not being good. In fact it was being naughty. HHS audited the doctors after the attack and found systematic […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]With elections less than two months away and lots of stories about election hacking, what is the real story. Unfortunately, the real story is classified so even if I did know, which I don’t, I couldn’t tell you. The government won’t admit that straight out, but they know a whole lot more than they are […]
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