Gee, in one sense, that is not a big surprise. On the other hand, given all the money and effort, you would think we would be winning. According to security vendor Carbon Black, in just the last 3 months, they found that the percentage of time hackers used methods to cover their tracks jumped 5 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It is old news that Jeff Bezos was caught cheating on his (soon to be ex-) wife. That isn’t terribly unique news. Powerful men seem to do that a lot. At this point it is still somewhat murky as to how AMI, parent of the National Enquirer, obtained pictures that Jeff shared with his girlfriend. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We’re From the Government and WE’RE HERE TO HELP YOU! Well, not really. We don’t have to worry about the gov being hacked. They just give our information away. At least in this case there is no hard evidence that the data was misused. FEMA hired a contractor to help it find temporary housing for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If yesterday’s post (on Asus) and many of my posts in the past are any indication, supply chain risk is a huge problem and not very well handled at many companies. Part of the reason why is all of the misconceptions we have. Here are a few and why they are misconceptions: The vendor is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Here is an interesting combination of countries. Multi-billion dollar Taiwan based computer make Asus makes a wide range of computers sold worldwide. Russian anti-virus maker Kaspersky, whom the White House says is a threat to national security and should be banned (which I basically think is mostly true), identified that hackers attacked Asus’s software update […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]After you are done gasping — it is not a far fetched scenario, at least for vacation rentals. There have been many stories of AirBnB rentals having surveillance cameras – even though their agreement requires that they be disclosed if present. When it comes to hotels, it is much more likely that those cameras were […]
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