Pioneer Kitten Sells Compromised Corporate Credentials Pioneer Kitten, an Advanced Persistent Threat group backed by Iran, is compromising corporate systems and then selling those credentials to the highest bidder. Like all large organizations, they want to diversify from just ransomware and stealing credit cards. Now they have a new and apparently very lucrative revenue stream. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is a very interesting situation and could affect some businesses and all consumers. Amazon is likely to appeal to the California Supreme Court, so this is not over. Amazon and many other online retailers (Walmart and Target just to name two) sell both their own stuff and other vendors’ stuff on their web site. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Yup, sometimes tech is a double edged sword. While smart doorbells and other web based security cameras discourages crooks, it is not all good news says the FBI in a secret report. On the good side, you get to see who is outside your place (home or work). Typically, these devices are motion sensitive. They […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I talk a lot about the insider threat problem because it is prevalent and hard to stop. Cisco learned about that the hard way. Sudhish Kasaba Ramesh resigned from Cisco in April 2018. OK, good, time to move on. FIVE MONTHS LATER, he accessed Cisco’s infrastructure at Amazon and deployed code that shut down 16,000 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Centurylink Routing Issues Lead to Massive Internet Outage Last Saturday night/Sunday morning, Centurylink had a bit of a problem, either taking down or severely impacting web site such as Cloudflare, Amazon, Steam, Twitter and many more. Just because a system was designed to stay operating in case of a nuclear attack does not mean that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While Russia is not the only country who wants to mess with our elections, the do have a lot of experience at it. During the 2016 and 2018 elections, they figured no one was minding the store, so they went about their disinformation campaigns very blatantly. After all, why bother to hide your actions if […]
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