Follow on to Google+ Breach and Notification I recently reported about Google getting in trouble for hiding a breach discovered in March. The first thing to point out is that it is unlikely that Google broke any laws. The current breach notifications laws in the U.S. give a company the wiggle room not to disclose […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Israeli Researchers have disclosed two new Bluetooth attacks that only require you to be in the neighborhood to work. The attacks exploit flaws in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chips made by Texas Instruments. The chips are used by companies like Cisco, Meraki and Aruba in their corporate solutions. The chips are also used in pacemakers […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Three news items today – different platforms, but one common message. #1 – A new iPhone passcode bypass was found within hours of the release of iOS 12.1. This follows on from the passcode bypass fixed in 12.0 and another iPhone passcode bypass in 12.0.1. As iOS becomes more bloated (or feature rich, depending on […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In general, the U.S. ranks below many third world countries in the speed, quality and cost of Internet access. If you ask your neighbors what they think about the price, speed and customer service of their internet provider , you will generally not get a positive answer. My brother lives in Europe and his internet […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Microsoft got into a bit of trouble earlier this month when some folks who installed the Windows 10 update got a bit of surprise when it deleted all of the user’s documents. It took Microsoft a while to admit that it was their fact, thereby increasing the damage, but they did remove the offending update […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Internet of Things (IoT) is new to consumers. We think of Nest thermostats and Internet connected baby monitors. That is true and they cause enough grief out there like last year when they took down parts of Amazon and Twitter (and hundreds of other sites) when malware attacked these poorly protected devices and used […]
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