ABC News reported what we already knew and as Bruce Schneier aptly said – the TSA is security theatre. All show and not much substance. Homeland Security “Red Teams” were successful 67 out of 70 times at getting mock weapons and explosives through TSA checkpoints all over the country. Previously, TSA “fails” had been cast […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Malware is a moving target. Just when we think we have a handle on things, it morphs. Ars Technica is reporting about GPU based malware. Two proof of concept malware samples, Jellyfish and Demon, run entirely on the graphics processor or GPU which typically lives on the video card. This means that it is unlikely that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As expected, Congress was not able to come to a consensus regarding renewing three provisions of the Patriot Act, which expired about 30 minutes ago. The three provisions – bulk data collection of metadata of all phones calls in the U.S., roving wiretap warrants (warrants on people, rather than a particular phone number) and the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Uber has released a new privacy statement which goes into effect July 15th. If you use Uber after that date, you are consenting to their new policy. While not outrageous, it is interesting. And it does point out one difference between Uber and a taxi. The taxi is much more anonymous. At worst, the taxi […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Wired is reporting a giant dark web scheme to sell counterfeit coupons costing the consumer packaged goods industry tens of millions of dollars. The scam is simple because no one thought that anyone would try it. So no one added any security into the coupon chain. Later, they bolted on a blacklist, but that is easily […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]DC based Blue Cross affiliate CareFirst announced last week that, like other Blues, they had been breached. Information on 1.1 million customers was compromised. The good news is that this breach did not include health information or credit card numbers. CareFirst is the 3rd Blue Cross affiliate to announce they have been hacked recently (the […]
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