Way back in the dark ages of 2013 the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) released a document regarding processing credit cards in the cloud. It was 52 pages. This month the PCI SSC released a new version of that same document. It is now 83 pages. This version seems to better understand the risk […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It wasn’t so long ago that 4 digit passcodes were the norm. Now 6 digit passcodes are obsolete. GrayKey, the new kid on the block offering low cost cracking of iPhones up to and including the iPhone X requires users who are concerned about that to change their password habits. Pricing on Graykey, supposedly, is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Oxygen equipment maker Inogen announced that information on 30,000 customers was hacked as an attacker compromised the credentials of an employee. In the grand scheme of breaches, this one barely registers. Yes, HIPAA protected information was taken (and Health and Human Services may come after them in say 2021, but it is another example of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]SESTA/FOSTA was a bill that was supposedly designed to shut down sex trafficking sites on the Internet by effectively repealing the protections provided by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act which protects online service providers like Facebook and Google from being prosecuted for the postings of their users. The bills, which have been around […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Over a million drones have been sold to the hobby market in the U.S. alone. Some have been sold with more nefarious purposes intended. To make matters worse, the FAA expects that number to triple – to over 4 million drones – by 2021. Drones are used by farmers to manage their fields, to inspect […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last week I wrote about the problem of fake cell towers in DC. Well, the story has some interesting twists and turns. First, the largest maker of these devices (at least as best we know) is Harris Corp., maker of the Stingray family. Harris has been so closed mouthed about them that they have made […]
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