The last presidential administration went hard after China – applying sanction after sanction, but with minimal success. They also seemed to give Russia a free pass. Many of the very public recent hacks are being attributed to Russia, including SolarWinds and Kaseya. When Biden met with Putin in Helsinki last month, the two agreed to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Flash – The Gift That Keeps on Giving Flash, that piece of garbage software that Adobe finally killed a few months ago and which, I have said, should have been killed 20 years ago, it turns out, is at the root of another supply chain hack. For many people, supply chain attacks first came to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]First it was California (of course). Then it was California version 2. In 2020, things were quiet and no states joined the club. Earlier this year Virginia joined the club and today Colorado became the third state to enact a California-style or Europe-style privacy law, with some significant differences. Here are some of the key […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]NFC, or Near Field Communications, is that technology that allows you to wave your credit card or phone near a reader and pay for a Starbucks or get money from an ATM without having to take that card out of your wallet. Many of you have heard me say “Security or convenience, pick only one”. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In light of the recent series of supply chain attacks (actually going back to 2011 at least), speed is crucial. SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange, Kayesa and others. This weekend’s attack against MSP software provider Kaysera is a perfect example of why speed is so important. Many small and medium sized companies are dependent on managed service […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]WD NAS Devices Are Being Wiped Worldwide The downside of using computers beyond their end of support is that you can get hacked and all of your data can get wiped. This is what has happened to many WD My Book owners. Western Digital stopped patching them in 2015 and hackers have figured out how […]
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