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Security News for the Week Ending March 29, 2024

Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks Either Mozilla didn’t run much of a background check or Onerep’s CEO is great at hiding his other businesses. Mozilla hired him to provide identity protection services, but it turns out that he runs dozens of sites that provide dirt on people. Not exactly compatible […]

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2024 May be Worse for Attacks Than 2023

According to Flashpoint, a threat intelligence service, 2023 recorded 6,077 breaches compromising more than 17 billion records. That is a 35 percent increase over 2022. Again, according to Flashpoint, for the first two months of 2024, that number is up 429 percent over the first two months of 2023. The U.S. represented 60 percent of […]

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14 Year Long Chinese Hacking Ring Identified

Up until now, the longest undetected hacking operation that I was aware of was at Nortel Networks. It lasted 12 years and resulted in the company shutting down in bankruptcy and sold for scrap. This one beats that one. The DoJ unsealed indictments today for 7 Chinese nationals (note to these folks: do not travel […]

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People Are Increasingly Concerned About Personal Data Safety

In its latest report, Aleo, a privacy oriented blockchain startup says that people are increasingly concerned about who controls their personal data. They say that 67 percent are WILLING TO switch to a product that protects their privacy. That is different than they will switch. They also say that people are more aware of privacy […]

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Security News for the Week Ending March 22, 2024

Like Everyone Else, Reddit Plans to Sell User Content to AI Model Devs Seeing dollar signs in their future, Reddit decided to “license” their user created content to AI developers to train their models. The FTC is investigating in light of Reddit’s planned IPO. Reddit says it isn’t breaking the law to sell their user’s […]

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DoD Contractors: Will You Have to Replace Your MSP?

If you are a defense contractor, then over the next few years you will likely have to be compliant and maybe certified for CMMC, either at level one or level two. Level one has about 17 controls and 59 assessment objectives; level two has 110 controls and about 315 assessment objectives. Assessment objectives are the […]

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