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We May Now Know Why Trump Banned Kaspersky Anti Virus – And You Should Too

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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The News At Yahoo Keeps Getting Better

Update: In light of the title of this post, the Irish data protection commissioner, Helen Dixon, says that her office is investigating “next steps” in investigating Yahoo.  While I don’t think the U.S. will do anything more than slap Yahoo on the wrist for allowing three billion identities to be compromised, the EU generally takes […]

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How Good Is Your Cyber Security Program – Ask Equifax

Sometimes Congress can be entertaining, but not usually.  Today was an exception. FORMER Equifax Chairman Richard Smith, under who’s watch the huge Equifax data breach occurred, testified at the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee. What did he say? #1 – Even though Homeland Security told Equifax (and others) about the Apache Struts vulnerability in March, […]

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Montgomery County Hit With Ransomware – Pays $40-$50,000 To Get Files Back

Montgomery County, Alabama joined the ranks of probably millions of others and paid a ransom to get their data back after hackers threatened to erase their data if the ransom was not paid within 7 days. While details are sketchy, reports are that the attack began Monday around 5PM (at the end of the day) […]

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Why Using SMS Text Messages For Two Factor Authentication Is A Bad Idea

Signalling System 7 or SS7 is the communication system that telephone carriers, both cellular and land line, use behind the scenes to route calls. Originally developed in 1975 – way before the Internet was popular – SS7 has virtually no security in it.  It counts on securing the connections between telephone company switches, which, in […]

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