People who know me know that I am always railing against people who want to curb encryption, but encryption does present legitimate problems. Firefox Send is a great program that allows users to encrypt data – large files – and send a link to a recipient to allow them to download the file. I use […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It all starts with a calendar invite, but there is a setup. The con is that your bank account has been compromised and you need to fix it. The attack starts with an email titled (like) “Fraud Detection from Message Center”. This part of the attack uses a real but compromised Office 365 account, complete […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]So you think two factor authentication is a pain? Well it can be. But let me suggest that decision can be a really bad idea and here is why. Hackers are using two factor to BLOCK your ability to recover your account if it is hacked. This is already happening. Here is how it works. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Security firm Trustwave has discovered malware laced tax software in two of it’s western customer’s networks after they opened offices in China. The bank said the software was required to pay local taxes. In fact the software did perform that function. Trustwave calls this malware GoldenSpy and said that it installed a backdoor in their […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Facebook says that 50% of its employees could be working remotely in 5 years. My guess is that this could be the new normal, which is not so good if you own a lot of expensive commercial real estate in a big down town. Zuck also says that employees that move from say San Francisco […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Akamai Sees Largest DDoS Attack Ever Cloudflare says that one of its customers was hit with a 1.44 terabit per second denial of service attack. A second attack topped 500 megabits per second. The used a variety of amplification techniques that required some custom coding on Akamai’s part to control, but the client was able […]
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