Well, the first answer is that it is not going to help Rackspace defend itself against the lawsuits that it is facing for the ransomware attack. Rackspace now admits that it decided to hold off installing a patch for a server side request forgery vulnerability in Exchange (CVE-2022-41080) that Microsoft patched the month before the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Also get ready to patch your Infiniti, Nissan, Acura, Mercedes, Genesis, Ford, Toyota, Jaguar, Kia, Honda and Land Rover. As car makers attach more bells and whistles to your new car, assume a steady stream of recalls. The problem is that the car makers are not patching older cars, so they will remain vulnerable until […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]People want to pretend that whatever they do on social media is somehow separate from their work life, but it is not. If you are a defense contractor with a clearance, even a “public trust” level of clearance (which is a very low level clearance), what you do on social media definitely counts. In fact […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Source code is getting hacked more frequently these days. In March, Samsung announced that hackers had stolen source code to their Galaxy phones. Also in March, Microsoft said that hackers stole the source code for Bing, Maps and Cortana. In May Mercedes admitted that they had misconfigured a source code repository and anyone could download […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For you military types, BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front): probably not. There are a number of reasons for my pessimism, including one I hadn’t considered. First the obvious reasons. The end of this legislative session is right around the corner and there are a lot of things that the folks in power want to get […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]At some point in the “relatively near future”, if are a DoD contractor, subcontractor, vendor, managed service provider or a host of other folks, you will be staring a CMMC certification in the face. Here are some thoughts from a provisional assessor on what it will take to get the job done. Hopefully this is […]
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