API Keys are an alternative to passwords for connecting to a computer or web service. Typically, API Keys are used by software applications to talk to other applications and are considered more secure than using userids and passwords to authenticate. Unfortunately, too many developers don’t treat APIkKeys like the security risk they are. API keys […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While this is far from the biggest breach of the year, it is likely the one with the most political impact. At least so far. I assume the campaigns are doubling or tripling down on their security. Last week Politico said that it received multiple emails from a leaker who said that they hacked the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Interpol Recovers Over $40 Mill from Biz Email Compromise Attack INTERPOL has created a global stop-payment mechanism that it can use to recover funds. A company in Singapore thought they were paying a vendor. Instead they paid a hacker. INTERPOL’s Global Rapid Intervention of Payments or I-GRIP was able to recover $39 million out of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]But everyone does it, right? The Irish Data Protection Commission asked the High Court of Ireland in Dublin to stop the social media company from using customer data to train its large language model. Twitter added a setting last month, which defaults to enabled, that allows it to use any user data to train its […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The EU has designated TikTok as a major player (what the EU calls a VERY LARGE ONLINE PLATFORM) like Facebook and Twitter and as a result, they are regulating it under the Digital Services Act, one of the EU’s new laws to fight the mega (US) tech companies. TikTok did have a rewards program which […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]State Dept. Says UN Cybercrime Treaty Must protect Human Rights On the eve of final negotiations at the UN for a long awaited cybercrime treaty, the US says they are focused on ensuring the treaty protects human rights. The US, along with 40 other countries — not including, Surprise, Russia or China — signed off […]
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