The Problem with Big Data is, Well, That it is Big On October 16th researchers revealed that they had found an exposed database with 4 billion records covering 1.2 billion people. The first database contained information on 1.5 billion unique people (note these numbers do not exactly match) including work phone numbers and mobile phone […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As my son likes to say, nothing it bulletproof – it all depends on the size of the bullet. Likewise, nothing is 100% secure (except the computer that has never been taken out of the box) but your actions can improve the odds dramatically. Here are some recommendations from Dark Reading. Most people will pick […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Huawei Ban – Is It A National Security Issue or Bargaining Chip? Back in May, President Trump issued a ban on US companies buying from or selling to Huawei (see here). Since then, the government has issued an extension to the ban 90 days at a time and the government just issued another extension. They […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Malware is like any other piece of software. Version one is usually pretty crappy – want vendors like to affectionately call a “minimum viable product”. Sometime minimal is loosely defined. In this case the malware is called GINP. The trojan has been in the wild since June. In the five months since, it has evolved. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As I have been saying for a while, hackers are good at evolving. As we see more and more ransomware attacks, a lot of the people are opting not to pay the ransom and instead deal with reconstructing their infrastructure and losing data (like police losing digital evidence and having to let crooks go). So […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Bugcrowd Paid Over $500,000 in Bug Bounties in Just One Week Bugcrowd, the crowd-sourced bug bounty management company, paid out over $500,000 in just one week for bugs that researchers found and paid out $1.6 million in October to over 550 hackers, representing 1,800 submissions. Of those, 327 were categorized as priority 1. These payouts […]
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