Ex-NSA Director General Alexander’s Security Company (IronNet) Near Bankruptcy It just goes to show that just because you are famous and people invest $78 million in you, doesn’t mean you know how to run a business. How, exactly, do you blow almost $80 million and realize you are over the edge of the cliff before […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]73 percent of survey respondents (659 board members from companies with over 5,000 employees) fear a material cyberattack on their organization this year, up from 65 percent last year. 59 percent said that generative AI presents a high risk to their organizations because it can be used by hackers to create and deliver malware with […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As is often the case, humans and process represent the biggest failure window. Microsoft, to its credit, is being public about its own failures and pretty quickly. The Chinese hackers, Storm-0558, obtained a “golden cryptographic key” which allowed them to generate tokens so that they could masquerade as other users. I don’t know why you […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Want a .US Domain? Just Lie About It. The .US top level domains are a hotbed for phishing attacks. Apparently, this is due to lax oversight. In theory, the .US is managed by the US government, but the government outsources that to GoDaddy – who doesn’t have a stellar cybersecurity reputation to be polite. See […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The California Privacy Protection Agency, the government agency that enforces the California Privacy Rights Act, has released two DRAFT documents recently. They are going to discuss the drafts at their meeting tomorrow but they have not yet started the rulemaking process. The two regulations are the cybersecurity audit regulations and the cyber risk assessment regulations. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]That question is the basis of a FIVE BILLION DOLLAR lawsuit. Google’s Chrome incognito mode is the tool of choice for people who want to keep their web activity private. The use of it is often called private browsing or porn mode, depending on who you talk to. There are legitimate reasons to use incognito […]
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