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Texas Stands Up Cyber Command

Lets face it; Texas public sector entities don’t have a good cybersecurity track record. And that is only a small part of the list. So the Texas legislature passed HB 150 to stand up the Texas Cyber Command over the next few years. It is going to do a couple of things. Sort of weirdly, […]

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Sex Sells and ChatGPT Says AI Sex Sells Too

OpenAI will soon roll out a new version of ChatGPT, providing erotica for age-verified users. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman say the company will “treat adult users like adults”. Critics are not fond of this idea even though there are already plenty of adult AIs out there. They point out that age verification systems are not […]

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Oops, We Didn’t Get Cyber Insurance Before Attack

If you are a client of ours you know that we always recommend that you have an appropriate level of cyber insurance in place. Just in case. Other forms of business insurance will not cover a cyber attack (some carriers do “bundle” cyber policies with other business policies and that is fine, but don’t assume […]

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Secret Service Takes Down Sim Farms in NY

First question you probably have is what the hell is a SIM farm. Most of you (if you do) know the term from the little card that goes into your phone that gives it it’s identity. Either your carrier gives it to you for free or charges you a couple of bucks for it. Either […]

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Duke Energy Agrees to Stop Using Chinese Batteries … by 2027

Batteries are used to store energy produced by photocells for when the sun isn’t shining. DoD base Camp Lejeune used Duke to install a battery energy storage system or BESS made by Japanese company Toshiba, but the batteries in the system are Chinese and send data back to China, Researchers have also shown that they […]

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Qantas Response to Cyberattack – A Small Step in the Right Direction

Qantas posted a notice on its web site in July that a cyber attack exposed data of about 6 million customers. The data included names, emails phone numbers and birth dates but no financial or passport info, so in the grand scheme of cyber attacks, there have been a lot worse. “The incident occurred when a cyber […]

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