This is a follow up to yesterday’s newsletter alert and sorry, it is a bit technical, but I will try to make it as untechnical as possible. Up to a few years ago, if you ran a website, you could buy an HTTPS (also known as a TLS or SSL) certificate that didn’t expire for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]August 13th, a Day That Will Live in Confusion August 13th is the day that Part B of Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act went into effect. It bans the use of equipment and services tied to certain Chinese companies that have been deemed security threats by the United States. Companies that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]China and Russia Continue to Interfere with the Elections According the the White House, China has been targeting the US election infrastructure ahead of the election and Russia has been trying to undercut Democratic candidate Joe Biden, much like their did with Clinton in 2016. Could it be that Russia thinks that the Republican Administrations […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As hackers got better, so did developers. Multi-Factor authentication, a technique which requires something that you know, like a password and something that you have, like an SMS message on your phone, makes the lives of crooks harder, but far from impossible to attack and here is why. One way this is done is via […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Microsoft Considering Buying TikTok In light of President Trump’s threats to ban TikTok, Microsoft says that it is considering buying the company from its Chinese owners. That would be a win-win-win for Microsoft. They would add another social media platform to their inventory. The can probably buy it at fire sale prices and they would […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Dial back your wayback machine to September of last year. Capital One announced a hack of their Amazon environment by an ex-Amazon employee the previous July that was possible to due an incorrect configuration of their security settings. Fast forward to today and the feds announced an $80 million fine for bad cloud hygiene. The […]
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