January 12th is the deadline for Windows Internet Explorer users to upgrade to the current version of IE or lose support and patches. Last June Microsoft told the nearly 370 million IE users that they had until January to switch to IE 11. There are a couple of exceptions. Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Researchers from the security firm SEC Consult did a little research. They reverse engineered a number of routers, IP cameras, VoIP phones and other embedded devices. They discovered two things: Manufacturers seem to have a bad habit of hard coding secret encryption keys inside the firmware of their Internet of Things devices. Manufacturers of IoT […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Researchers at FireEye have discovered form of malware that is primarily designed to figure out who the high value targets are. My guess is that this FORM of malware is far from unique and they say that this particular malware is state sponsored, likely by Russia. The Witchcoven malware has infected more than a hundred sites […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For most businesses, their web site is the public face of the company. If your web site is an e-commerce site, then not only is it your public face, but also the way you earn money. If your site is down, it says something to your customers. If your site is defaced, it says even more. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The New York Stock Exchange and Veracode surveyed 276 board directors or senior execs of publicly traded companies on the subject of data breach liability and I find the results interesting. It is important to understand that these are very large companies and when it comes to cyber risk, they are likely at the top […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Those of you who know me are aware that I am not very fond of Lifelock – and USAToday is giving me even more reason to not like them. Lifelock, when it works as planned, can be a useful tool for monitoring your credit. However, since it is an unregulated private company, all you can […]
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