Since Office 365 is the dominant office productivity suite, knocking Google on it’s butt, it is not a surprise that hackers are going after it hard. To compare, I didn’t find great numbers and Google probably does not want me to do this comparison, but Office has 120 million paid users as of 2017 and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]No big surprise here really, but still disappointing. Researchers at Def Con last week reported that they had found 47 vulnerabilities in the firmware and default apps of 25 Android phones. When they talk firmware, I don’t think they really mean firmware. Rather, they mean the operating system like Android Oreo or Nougat, although it […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Lack of Vendor Cyber Risk Management Hurts over 750 Banks TCM Bank, a company that helps hundreds of small banks issue credit cards had a problem with their third party vendor – the bank’s fourth party vendor risk. The small bank wants to issue credit cards so they hire TCM and TCM hires someone else […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Health IT Security wrote an article beating up Amazon on it’s HIPAA compliance process. The article was not favorable and also interesting. The issue that they are talking about was a medic-alert style bracelet that someone bought on Amazon. After this person bought it, the vendor put a picture of it, with the lady’s name, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]All of us are used to using the Internet, right? What if you moved into your new home and after you paid for it and moved in you found out there was no Internet service available? One business in New York was told that Charter Communications, the local cable provider, would be happy to connect […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While I have written about this in general before, this item is specific to the Land Rover and its “Discovery” model. If this is a surprise to you, it should not be. If you buy a used Land Rover, it is possible (likely) that the previous owner can still control your car through the Land […]
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