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US Led Coalition Vows to not pay Hackers’ Ransom Demands

We shall see if this really works, but if it REDUCES payments, that will be good. A joint pledge was announced at the third annual International Counter Ransomware Initiative or CRI. The CRI includes 48 countries, the EU and Interpol. Anne Neuberger described the situation saying that dozens of GOVERNMENTS signed a policy statement saying […]

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A Warning for Founders About Open Source Software and Lean Teams

Founders of startups are mostly interested in getting a minimal viable product (MVP) out the door as quickly as possible. This is quite reasonable and what the investors likely want. After all, if there is no product, there is no revenue. The solution to this is, among other things, to reduce cost by relying on […]

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Okta Attack Points Out Important Issues

One more time, Okta was attacked and customer data and systems compromised. I am going to leave the conversation about whether or not you should use Okta vs. a competitor to a separate conversation, but it seems that their security may be a bit lacking. In this most recent attack, the Okta support system was […]

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The Core Problem with Cybersecurity and Privacy Laws

California just passed the delete your data law, which, once in effect, will be the do-not-call list version of opting out. The law requires brokers to check their data against the delete me list and delete any data belonging to that person if there is a match. They have to repeat the check at least […]

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AI At Its Best – Not! UK Leader Targeted With Fake Audio Posted to Twitter

No, this is not a “lets beat up Twitter” post. I assume that the person who posted the fake audio selected Twitter because it would be less likely to be taken down. This is not a smear, just the reality of where the Twitter world is today. UK opposition leader Keir Starmer was smeared by […]

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Security News for the Week Ending October 6, 2023

After Privacy Fail, Google Tries to Secure Bard Results Google created the ability to share Bard results, but, of course, accidentally, Google is indexing those results, so if you think what you are doing is private, it might not be – but only if you intentionally create a share link. Read details here. Credit: The […]

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