There are those in the open source software fan world that suggest that open source (and typically free) software is best because since the source code is available, people can look for bugs and fix them, resulting is bug free software. The reality is not quite so simple. While this statement is technically true, it […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This year the TSA’s performance is better than last year. Last year, it has been reported, TSA checkpoints failed to detect contraband 95% of the time. That means for $7+ billion, TSA agents only stopped 5% of the stuff that was not supposed to be allowed on board. This year, according to reports, the number […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Despite the constant news reports of cyber breaches, PwC says that business leaders are not taking this to heart, which means that your data is still at risk. Price Waterhouse Coopers surveyed 9,500 executives in 122 countries and came up with the following – 44% – almost half – say that their firms have not […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Reports are coming out that the Trump organization suffered a hack, Bigly, as the President would say, around four years ago and, we assume, did not know about it until a week ago. The only alternative explanation is that they did know about and chose to let the hacker stay inside their network for four […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A couple of weeks ago I wrote about yet another breach at a law firm. This time the firm was Appleby, a law firm based in Bermuda and home to the rich and famous – especially those that are looking for tax shelters and the similar. Most of these tax shelters are legal but the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]New York already has one of the toughest cyber security regulations in the country, but it only applies to financial services firms like banks, mortgage companies and investment advisors. After the Equifax breach, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed that they add credit reporting agencies to the list of companies covered by the New York […]
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