John Biggs, a contributing writer for Tech Crunch described the details of a hacker’s attack on his online world. John detailed the entire hack and it is very useful for everyone. WHY he was attacked is not clear. Was it a target of opportunity or was he specifically being attack? It appears that it may […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]One more time, Equifax is in the news – but they are not alone! Users thought that Equifax had been hacked again because when customers went to a particular help page on their web site, they were redirected to a page directing them to download a malicious, fake, Adobe Flash update. Hopefully, no one is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It is an amazing story. Organization after organization uses a variety of Amazon services and organization after organization doesn’t seem to understand that if put data out in the cloud and you don’t protect it, it may be compromised. Last month it was Deloitte. This month it is Accenture. I would be more sympathetic if […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Federal government has demonstrated its inability to keep its own house in order at the same time that it expects citizens and businesses to trust it with very sensitive information. From the SEC’s EDGAR breach, the OPM breach and others, add the FDIC. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the Federal Deposit […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]AT&T U-Verse, which used to be what they called their triple play Internet-phone-TV package and now is just their TV package has about 4 million customers. Compared to AT&T Directv, that is small, but still substantial. Some part of that customer base uses Arris modems – maybe 150,000. Those modems have serious security holes that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There have always been questions about connections between Gene Kaspersky’s company and the Russian spy agencies like the FSB, but not necessarily any hard proof. Last month, President Trump ordered all federal agencies to remove Kaspersky anti virus software without any real explanation. Some thought it was as retribution while others thought it was over-reaction. […]
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