Let’s Encrypt is the free HTTPS encryption service that is used by millions of web sites. Since it started out as a good idea of two Mozilla employees in 2012, it has issued about 2 billion free TLS certificates. The history behind this organization is long and convoluted. The industry has a high bar for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While goals are CURRENTLY voluntary, CISA issued guidelines for what it expects from pipelines and other critical infrastructure in light of the Colonial Pipeline attack. While it appears that the hackers were not able to take over the control systems in that attack, they did take over the control systems in the Florida and Kansas […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Geofence warrants are “requests” by law enforcement for information on everyone that was in a particular geographic area during a particular time window. Typically they use the results to come up with the usual list of suspects. The initial response usually doesn’t include names and addresses; that comes after the police mine all the data […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Apple has always said that they are privacy focused and they usually are except when they are not. Here is a case where they are and if you do email marketing, it is going to spell trouble. Version 15 of the iPhone, Mac and Watch OSes are coming out on September 20th. For users of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Apple Offers Fixes For Broken iPhone 12s While not exactly a security issue, Apple is offering to fix defective iPhone 12s that were made between October 2020 and April 2021 and which have a defective receiver module component. That is mighty kind of them since every single one of them is still under warranty and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Third Party Risk – You Can Ignore it, But It Won’t Ignore You DataBreaches.net is reporting that a hacker claimed to have hacked an HVAC vendor and remotely accessed systems at the vendor’s customers. One of those customers is reported to be Boston Children’s Hospital. The HVAC vendor is reported to be ENE Systems in […]
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