Yup, sometimes tech is a double edged sword. While smart doorbells and other web based security cameras discourages crooks, it is not all good news says the FBI in a secret report. On the good side, you get to see who is outside your place (home or work). Typically, these devices are motion sensitive. They […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I talk a lot about the insider threat problem because it is prevalent and hard to stop. Cisco learned about that the hard way. Sudhish Kasaba Ramesh resigned from Cisco in April 2018. OK, good, time to move on. FIVE MONTHS LATER, he accessed Cisco’s infrastructure at Amazon and deployed code that shut down 16,000 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Centurylink Routing Issues Lead to Massive Internet Outage Last Saturday night/Sunday morning, Centurylink had a bit of a problem, either taking down or severely impacting web site such as Cloudflare, Amazon, Steam, Twitter and many more. Just because a system was designed to stay operating in case of a nuclear attack does not mean that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While Russia is not the only country who wants to mess with our elections, the do have a lot of experience at it. During the 2016 and 2018 elections, they figured no one was minding the store, so they went about their disinformation campaigns very blatantly. After all, why bother to hide your actions if […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Gartner defines Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) as those systems “that are engineered to orchestrate sensing, computation, control, networking, and analytics to interact with the physical world, including humans”. CPSs include many IoT, IIoT, critical infrastructure such as electric and water and healthcare systems, among others. Gartner predicts that the LIABILITY from cyber incidents will fall DIRECTLY […]
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