What if a technically sophisticated adversary, such as Russia or China wanted to create chaos in the United States – how would he or she do it? What if a technically sophisticated lone wolf hacker wanted to do it, is it possible? My answer would be: Possible – absolutely! Probable: I don’t know. Concerning: You […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It is always rewarding when well respected people write published articles supporting an argument that you have been making for years. I guess I was just slightly ahead of my time. In this case, my point has been that law firms are a huge target for hackers – and not just the large law firms. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Google has decided to lead the way on web, as it often has. In this case, Google has announced that as of January 1, 2017, web pages that transmit credit cards or ask for passwords over HTTP (vs. HTTPS) will be marked with this flag in the address bar: Some of will say that this […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Trend Micro surveyed 300 UK businesses and found some interesting information. Likely if they surveyed US businesses, the results would be similar. 44 percent of the businesses have been infected with ransomware. That is almost half. It doesn’t say how big the attack was, but given the FBI is saying that they are getting 4,000 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hacking, just like all other Internet businesses, is morphing to survive. And to be very clear, hacking is a business. Before people make funny jokes, no, hackers do NOT hack into porn sites for the pictures. They could use stolen credit cards if that was all they wanted. The porn site Brazzers was hacked, apparently […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is getting a bit crazy. I am thinking about paying cash next time I stay at a hotel. UPDATE: The Hutton breach is tied to another breach from last week, HEI Hotels. The Hutton is managed by HEI. HEI also manages hotels for Intercontinental, which owns Kimpton. Also, Noble, which owns Ocean Key, below, […]
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