Signal Does it Right Matt Green, the well known cryptographer and professor at Johns Hopkins said this about the encrypted messaging app Signal: “After reading the code, I literally discovered a line of drool running down my face. It’s really nice.” But even nice code isn’t perfect. Last Friday, researchers announced very serious bug in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In what is likely no surprise to anyone who watches Washington and especially this administration, there seems to be a bit of confusion regarding cyber security policy. Is it any wonder, given that, that U.S. businesses are equally confused? Case in point – ZTE. ZTE is a Chinese electronics manufacturer with “close ties” to the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]One category credit fraud is when a hacker opens up new credit accounts in your name, runs up the bill and leaves you to deal with the mess. While in the long run, if you are persistent, the law favors the consumer, it can be a long slog to get it taken care of. That […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last week I wrote about the problem of fake cell towers in DC. Well, the story has some interesting twists and turns. First, the largest maker of these devices (at least as best we know) is Harris Corp., maker of the Stingray family. Harris has been so closed mouthed about them that they have made […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Drupal team has released a patch that they call highly critical that allows an attacker to run arbitrary code on a Drupal web site with no authentication required. All they need to do is know the URL of the web site. Drupal rates the severity of the flaw a 21 on a 1 to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The New York Times is reporting that The Hudson’s Bay Company that owns Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor confirmed that some number of stores run under these names and also Saks Off 5th were hacked and 5 million credit cards are available to be sold on the black market. The breach is one […]
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