Probably many of you saw the 60 Minutes segment on hacking your car (see video here). In the 60 Minutes segment, the researcher/hacker was able to turn on the wipers and washers, blow the horn and disable the brakes in that demonstration. Here is a link to a conversation with the guys who did the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Security researchers at the International Conference On Cyber Security And Cyber Law reported that they have found a fatal security hole in a wide variety of SOHO Internet Routers. As is often the case, the researchers discovered this problem accidentally while examining the code of a router for a completely different problem (see the researcher’s […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While tips and tricks won’t make your organization bulletproof, it will help make you bullet resistant. Here is a list from Boston Business News that is simple and right on. 1. IT Risk Assessment. You MUST start with a risk assessment and if you are up for it, I would recommend a business risk assessment. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Medical Identity Fraud Alliance (MIFA) and the Ponemon Institute released their fifth annual study on Medical ID fraud. Short version of the results: It is very costly, time consuming and complicated for consumers to resolve medical ID fraud and only 10 percent of the respondents to the study report achieving a completely satisfactory conclusion to the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I came across an item today that stunned me. The Wall Street Journal and Findlaw reported on a case from late last year where a Virginia State judge ruled that an arrestee may have to offer up his fingerprint to unlock his phone – the Fifth Amendment does not apply. Now before everyone goes crazy […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group admitted that their credit card system at an unknown number of their hotels was hacked and credit cards compromised AFTER they were outed by Krebs On Security. The upscale hotel chain, where rooms at the New York property start at $850 a night, would be a great target for hackers […]
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