Feds Sue JPMorgan, Wells, BofA Over Zelle Fraud Given the administration is changing next month and the new administration is not fond of rules that negatively impact business, I don’t know if this lawsuit will go anywhere, but the complaint said it took Zelle years to respond at all to Zelle fraud and in most […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In the ever escalating attacks against undersea critical infrastructure such as power cables, Internet cables and oil pipelines, the battle continues to heat up. You may remember the Nordstream pipelines between Russia and Europe that were disabled by explosions against the Nordstream 1 and 2 pipelines in 2022. Given the war in Ukraine and sanctions […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The National Defense Authorization Act is, every year, a must-pass bill that, for the last several years, has been a vehicle to pass important cybersecurity provisions. This year is no exception. The price tag on this year’s bill is $895 billion. Here are some of the cyber provisions in it. Those are just some of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Marriott Hotels acquired the Starwood Hotel chain in 2016. Two years prior to the acquisition, hackers broke into Starwood’s systems. Marriott didn’t figure out that Starwood was compromised until two years after they acquired the chain. The only reason they figured it out then was they were migrating Starwood to Marriott’s system and discovered the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Amazon Delays Office 365 Rollout Due to Security Concerns Depending on whether you are an optimistic or pessimist, you can assume what Amazon’s intentions are. Likely this is about trying to convince potential customers that Amazon is secure and Microsoft is not. While there is probably some truth to that, I think there is more […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Passkeys are a replacement for passwords and, in general, are way more secure. They use encryption to validate who you are in a different way than HTTPS does. With passkeys, you don’t type in a password. Instead the website and your device create a digital handshake that only works from your device and with that […]
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