As computers and software become more integrated into every facet of our lives, and as security attacks on our infrastructure become part of the news every day, the question of software patches and upgrades need to become a factor in purchasing decisions. Whether it is a consumer Internet connected baby monitor (who’s bugs have compromised […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Back in May Microsoft released Windows 10 Build 1903, AKA the May 2019 update. Suffice it to say, Microsoft has had more than its share of problems with 1903, so if you are not there yet, I would not install it. It is quite embarrassing for Microsoft that more than 90 days after the release, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Department of Defense is probably the largest software development (and hardware development) organization in world but unlike say Microsoft or Cisco, almost all of the development is performed by third parties – the so called defense industrial base or DIB. It is also likely the number one target of nation state hackers since a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]O P I N I O N 50 Very Data Hungry CEOs (Out of About 30 Million) Try to Fool Congress into Letting Them Abuse Your Data A group of big data CEOs wrote a letter to Congressional leaders requesting a Federal privacy law which would usurp the state’s rights to protect their consumers as […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Logging, monitoring and alerting is probably the single biggest weakness that most organizations have. Office 365 is also likely the single biggest vulnerability. So what actions should you be monitoring in Office? According to AT&T’s Alien Vault division, here is the answer. User access – who is there normally; what is your user baseline. Are […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A recent incident at Amazon US East-1 in Virginia is a good reminder about protecting your data. On August 31st at 4:33 AM the datacenter lost power and the generators kicked in, but at 6:00 AM, the generators started failing. The result of that was that 7%+ of the AWS EC2 instances failed and some […]
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