Software released by Microsoft and other vendors is digitally signed so that users can validate that it really came from the vendor in question and that it has not been modified since the vendor created it. However, hackers have figured out how to bypass the security provided by Microsoft’s digital signature verification process, allowing them […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Today’s supply chain attack is interesting. I guess I can say that because it didn’t happen to a web site that I own and my information didn’t get stolen. Here is the situation. Many web sites have embedded videos on them. In this case, most of the sites affected were real estate web sites and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Some people say that common sense isn’t so common anymore. Sometimes the Internet doesn’t seem to have much common sense, so those people might be right. Hopefully most adults can distinguish between smart things to do and not so smart things to do, but not always. Right after Apple and Google split over Google maps […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Russian Hackers Make Millions by Stealing SEC Earning Reports A Russian hacker working for a cybersecurity company has been extradited to the U.S. for hacking into the computer networks of two SEC filing agents used by multiple companies to file their quarterly and annual SEC reports. Using that insider information, the hacker traded stock in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Probably most people have not heard of either company. Orange is like the Verizon of Europe, the largest telecom company there and Thales is very large multinational security products company that sells in both the commercial and military space. The number of cyber attacks against Internet of Things devices is skyrocketing Orange’s research team says […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Romance scams have been around since, well, there has been romance. But there is a new version of the scam traced to the Chinese mafia. Start with the traditional online dating site romance scam. Chat with your mark, flirt, but don’t actually meet in person. They typically target shy, lonely people – preferably with money […]
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