Low Code/No Code Apps Not A Security Nirvana Just because the computer is generating much of the code does not mean the software doesn’t have bugs or is secure. In fact, since many times non-developers are using the tools, the code may be less secure. Details at The Hacker News As If Twitter Doesn’t Have […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]But AI is really the buzzword, so if the writer puts AI in the title then maybe more people will read it. Specifically this is designed to help banks prevent token fraud, which is hard to do anyway. Token fraud happens when a merchant “tokenizes” a credit card transaction so that the merchant doesn’t have […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Windows administrators are painfully aware of a long history of security issues with Microsoft’s Windows Printing System. Microsoft has tried time and again to patch it, but it is, apparently, kind of like putting duct tape on a submarine with a screen door. Print bugs account for almost 10% of all cases reported to Microsoft’s […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Come tomorrow and Monday, there are changes in store for publicly traded companies when it comes to cybersecurity. This will help everyone else since virtually all companies have publicly traded companies who are vendors or business partners and this extra information will help you understand your partners’ cybersecurity efforts. Industry groups and Republicans aren’t excited […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Thru October, depository institutions (mainly banks) filed 440,000 suspicious activity reports (SARs) related to check fraud according to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network or FINCEN. Last year, for the same period, that number was 420,000. This puts us on track for 500,000 reports for the year, which is double the number from 2021. To help […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]US Warns That Iran Terrorists Broke into Multiple US Water Facilities Last week I reported that the Aliquippa, Pennsylvania Water Authority fessed up to the fact that hackers successfully broke into their network, compromising a pump station, using a vulnerability in an Israeli OT network system that is repackaged by multiple vendors. Now the FBI, […]
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