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US Led Coalition Vows to not pay Hackers’ Ransom Demands

We shall see if this really works, but if it REDUCES payments, that will be good. A joint pledge was announced at the third annual International Counter Ransomware Initiative or CRI. The CRI includes 48 countries, the EU and Interpol. Anne Neuberger described the situation saying that dozens of GOVERNMENTS signed a policy statement saying […]

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A Warning for Founders About Open Source Software and Lean Teams

Founders of startups are mostly interested in getting a minimal viable product (MVP) out the door as quickly as possible. This is quite reasonable and what the investors likely want. After all, if there is no product, there is no revenue. The solution to this is, among other things, to reduce cost by relying on […]

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Security News for the Week Ending October 27, 2023

US Marines Strap a Rocket Launcher to a Dog By the way, it was a robot dog and it not only worked, but the dog survived launching the rocket. This was a demonstration and the dog was one that they bought on Amazon for a few thousand bucks. Imagine what they can do with a […]

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Twitter Becoming Even More of a Cesspool than it was

So-called verified Twitter accounts (there actually are no verified accounts any more, just free and paid accounts) have been reporting that the murderer who killed 18 people in Maine this week has been captured. The police and the FBI say that this is not true; he is still at large. The suspected shooter, who is […]

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Okta Attack Points Out Important Issues

One more time, Okta was attacked and customer data and systems compromised. I am going to leave the conversation about whether or not you should use Okta vs. a competitor to a separate conversation, but it seems that their security may be a bit lacking. In this most recent attack, the Okta support system was […]

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