As a reminder, Cathay Pacific Airlines recently admitted it was hacked and lost data on over 9 million passengers. Information taken includes names, addresses, passport information, birth dates and other information They took a lot of heat for waiting 6 months to tell anyone about it (remember that GDPR requires you to tell the authorities […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Score One For Amazon Security! People who have read my blog for a while know that I am a big fan of two factor authentication. That little bit of extra security usually gets thrown out the window if you call in to customer service instead of logging in to the company’s web site. Two factor […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I am not sure who we should be more concerned about – us or them. The Georgia Secretary of State, who is also running for Governor, has accused the Democrats of unsuccessfully trying to hack the state’s election system and referred it to the FBI. Propublica is reporting that Kemp, the Secretary of State, quietly […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Israeli Researchers have disclosed two new Bluetooth attacks that only require you to be in the neighborhood to work. The attacks exploit flaws in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chips made by Texas Instruments. The chips are used by companies like Cisco, Meraki and Aruba in their corporate solutions. The chips are also used in pacemakers […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Three news items today – different platforms, but one common message. #1 – A new iPhone passcode bypass was found within hours of the release of iOS 12.1. This follows on from the passcode bypass fixed in 12.0 and another iPhone passcode bypass in 12.0.1. As iOS becomes more bloated (or feature rich, depending on […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Microsoft got into a bit of trouble earlier this month when some folks who installed the Windows 10 update got a bit of surprise when it deleted all of the user’s documents. It took Microsoft a while to admit that it was their fact, thereby increasing the damage, but they did remove the offending update […]
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