A China-linked state-sponsored threat actor has deployed kernel implants and passive backdoors deep within telecommunication backbone infrastructure worldwide for long-term persistence, Rapid7 reports. These stealthy “sleeper cells” have not been positively attributed but Rapid 7 says that they are Chinese. The “implants” are designed to be both persistent and discreet, meaning they are designed for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It turns out that there are NO – ZERO – consumer grade routers made in the United States. The exact details of this are a bit mushy like many things coming out of DC at the moment, but this looks like new FCC type rating approvals have been shut down. The likely impact of this […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]They call it a five year plan, but if there is anything that we learned from CMMC, companies got serious when they realized that they would not get any new contracts or revenue. For the five years before that, most companies did nothing. Even now, with actual CMMC requirements in new RFPs, only a thousand […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) allows the feds, with minimal restrictions, to spy on Americans. Neither side of the aisle are in favor of that. In fact, since the law was enacted after 9/11, it has “sunsetted” every few years, typically until a couple of months after the next presidential election. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Both drinking water and waste water systems in New York will have to comply with new cybersecurity rules by the end of the year with new state laws that are going into effect. In the grand scheme of things, these changes are pretty basic, but you may remember that the EPA tried to implement cybersecurity […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Legislators around the world want everyone to validate their identity but there is a dark underside to this. Researchers discovered an unprotected MongoDB database that seems to be tied to the identity verification service IDMerit. It contained a billion records including 203 million records of people in the United States. That is more than half […]
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