We often hear stories about people listening to you (eavesdropping) using your phone or PC’s microphone even when you think they are not. We usually attribute that to the “tin foil hat” crowd, but, apparently, that might be a bit optimistic. Researchers at U Wisconsin Madison and Loyola Chicago say that they tested the top […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For the second time, the FBI wiped malware off of user’s systems without asking and maybe without telling them. The first time was during last year’s Microsoft Exchange attack. This time they targeted the Russian Cyclops Blink malware. It is attributed to Sandworm, also known as Fancy Bear and APT28. Sandworm is believed to be […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As this war continues to grind on and the toll on people’s lives and civilian infrastructure is incalculable, the cyber war continues as well. Here are just a couple of recent Russian cyber-losses. Petrovsky Fort owns the largest office complexes in Saint Petersburg, Russia’s second largest city. Anonymous hacked over 300,000 of their emails and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hackers Hack Russia’s Largest State Owned Media Corporation Hackers stole 20 years of communications including almost a million emails from the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK). Those emails were published by DDoSecrets. VGTRK runs 5 national TV stations, 5 radio stations and numerous propaganda outlets. The data is available for download as […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Payment Card Industry (PCI) council is an industry group that includes the large credit card issuers and they have, for years, owned a standard called the PCI Data Security Standard or PCI DSS. While complying with it is not a law (except in a couple of states), complying with it is a contractual requirement […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]All software has bugs. But some software has more bugs than others. And some organizations are better at finding and fixing those bugs. Just not those in the public sector. Veracode, the code scanning tool/defect finding tool vendor scans a lot of apps a lot of times. Here is a bit of data that should […]
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