We have all used web conferencing tools at some time. Some of use use them a lot, but does anyone other than me worry about the security and privacy of these solutions? Examples of these services are Webex and Gotomeeting, but there are dozens of these tools, at least. Brian Krebs wrote a piece a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Michael Page/ The Page Group is a family of international recruiters operating in 35 countries and employing over 5,000 people and based in the United Kingdom. Like many companies, PageGroup outsourced at least part of their IT operations; in their case to another huge firm, CapGemini. Earlier this month, Troy Hunt (a Microsoft MVP and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The most recent distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) meant that most people could not get to Twitter. While that was awful and may have forced a few people to actually work instead of tweeting, for the most part, that was not a big deal. In fairness to the DYN attack, there were actually hundreds […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This post applies to two groups of people – Members of a law firm Clients who share their sensitive information with their law firms That pretty much means everyone! The American Bar Association model rule of Professional Conduct 1.6 says that “a lawyer shall make reasonable efforts to prevent the inadvertent or unauthorized access, to information […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If you bought a car in the last few years, it is possible that your data is available for sale on the black market. Names, addresses, phone numbers and socials for both customers and employees for over a hundred car dealerships were exposed. For how long and to whom is unknown. The system that got […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While most people agree that Apple’s closed ecosystem is more secure than Android’s open ecosystem, that does not mean that Apple’s world is without risk. This week Apple is removing hundreds of fake apps. These apps carried brand labels like Dillards, Nordstrom, Christian Dior and Salvatore Ferragamo. The actual brands have nothing to do with […]
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