59% of cybersecurity executives at large and medium organizations say that they have LOST business due to product security concerns for connected and embedded devices. 45% say that customers want detailed information about what is in their devices, but only 11% of companies have high confidence that they can do that, even if they want […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Konstantin Gizdov has an interesting story to tell. He got locked out of his Microsoft Azure account. He doesn’t think it was hacked, it was a Microsoft software bug. More importantly, his attempts to recover the account were incredibly frustrating. The frustration was, in part, caused by the fact that Microsoft didn’t think it was […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Historically, attorney-client privilege was used to protect conversations between attorneys and their client as they were preparing their defense. While that is still the case, there is a lot of information that companies that were breached might not want to get out to the folks suing them. If it is not done right, it is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Mother Sues Alabama Hospital After her Baby Died During Ransomware Attack You know how hospitals say that even though none of their computers are working during a cyberattack, patient safety is not compromised. Unless you were born yesterday, you know that is a lie, but saying anything else would open them up to even more […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Just ask Twitch. The livestreaming service for video gamers, esports, music and other content fell to hackers. It was acquired by Amazon in 2014 for almost a billion dollars. Hackers broke in and stole 135 gigabytes of data. This includes all of the source code to the platform, transaction data, userids, passwords and other information. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Do you use multi-factor authentication? Google says that less than 10 percent of its users use MFA. They were concerned that if they made people use MFA they would leave. Not sure what they would leave to? Who else offers as compelling a suite of software. For free. Or at least just for stealing all […]
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