While some people say that you can’t prove that people have been harmed by lax cybersecurity practices, the laws are making it more expensive for companies to believe this. Fines in the hundreds of thousands, millions and even billions of dollars are happening. So whether companies believe cybersecurity is an issue or not, their wallets […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For many years hackers have been content destroy companys’ office networks and demand ransom if those companies wanted control of their systems back in order to do business. But that is not enough for the hackers. They want to shut down factories and due damage. There have been a couple of barriers to hackers being […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Oops – Office Depot Mimics Phone Phishers Thanks to reader Gina for this one. Office Depot got caught scamming its customers telling them they had (fake) malware on their computers when they asked OD and its vendor Support.com to scan their computers. No, they didn’t have malware – just a bill for unneeded services. While […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It is old news that Jeff Bezos was caught cheating on his (soon to be ex-) wife. That isn’t terribly unique news. Powerful men seem to do that a lot. At this point it is still somewhat murky as to how AMI, parent of the National Enquirer, obtained pictures that Jeff shared with his girlfriend. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We’re From the Government and WE’RE HERE TO HELP YOU! Well, not really. We don’t have to worry about the gov being hacked. They just give our information away. At least in this case there is no hard evidence that the data was misused. FEMA hired a contractor to help it find temporary housing for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If yesterday’s post (on Asus) and many of my posts in the past are any indication, supply chain risk is a huge problem and not very well handled at many companies. Part of the reason why is all of the misconceptions we have. Here are a few and why they are misconceptions: The vendor is […]
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