Since the early 1990s, there has been a battle going on between the federal government and privacy advocates. Privacy advocates want strong encryption. The government wants weak encryption that it can break. Except of course for the encryption that they use. They claim they need it is to hunt down terrorists, but that didn’t get […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It all starts with a calendar invite, but there is a setup. The con is that your bank account has been compromised and you need to fix it. The attack starts with an email titled (like) “Fraud Detection from Message Center”. This part of the attack uses a real but compromised Office 365 account, complete […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]So you think two factor authentication is a pain? Well it can be. But let me suggest that decision can be a really bad idea and here is why. Hackers are using two factor to BLOCK your ability to recover your account if it is hacked. This is already happening. Here is how it works. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Anonymous Gonna Rise Again. Question Mark? A hacker or hackers claiming to be affiliated the non-group Anonymous has posted a million documents coming from over 200 police departments and other law enforcement agencies. While the documents do no purport to show illegal activities, they are likely both embarrassing and also confidential. The fact that the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Security firm Trustwave has discovered malware laced tax software in two of it’s western customer’s networks after they opened offices in China. The bank said the software was required to pay local taxes. In fact the software did perform that function. Trustwave calls this malware GoldenSpy and said that it installed a backdoor in their […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Facebook says that 50% of its employees could be working remotely in 5 years. My guess is that this could be the new normal, which is not so good if you own a lot of expensive commercial real estate in a big down town. Zuck also says that employees that move from say San Francisco […]
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