US CERT (Homeland Security’s Computer Emergency Response Team AKA Computer Emergency Readiness Team) released an alert today for an attack named KRACK for Key Reinstallation Attack. While an article on ARS Technica says that this attack is especially dangerous for Android, Linux and OpenBSD (so much for open source being secure), the Homeland Security alert […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As I write this, a couple of very large and very significant breaches have recently either taken place or been revealed – specifically Yahoo’s breach impacting 3 billion users and Equifax’s breach affecting at least 145 million. But there are countless other breaches every day – in fact so many that most don’t even make […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]One more time, Equifax is in the news – but they are not alone! Users thought that Equifax had been hacked again because when customers went to a particular help page on their web site, they were redirected to a page directing them to download a malicious, fake, Adobe Flash update. Hopefully, no one is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Earlier this summer, TSA banned laptops and other large electronics on flights into the United States from certain countries. Almost as quickly, they removed those bans – likely due to feedback from the airlines who were concerned that travelers would use video conferencing instead of flying. Later this summer, TSA started a pilot program at […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It is an amazing story. Organization after organization uses a variety of Amazon services and organization after organization doesn’t seem to understand that if put data out in the cloud and you don’t protect it, it may be compromised. Last month it was Deloitte. This month it is Accenture. I would be more sympathetic if […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Federal government has demonstrated its inability to keep its own house in order at the same time that it expects citizens and businesses to trust it with very sensitive information. From the SEC’s EDGAR breach, the OPM breach and others, add the FDIC. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the Federal Deposit […]
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