Without regard to where you stand on gun control, the events in California last week are an IT and safety failure of massive proportions with no way to remedy the failure. Three days after the media reported the breach, the California Attorney General started dribbling out incorrect information about what happened. There is still no […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Executives are a prime target for hackers. The reason for this is that execs have access to the most sensitive information – finance, mergers, contracts, personnel, performance, patents, etc. They also, apparently, don’t follow best practices for security. Security company BlackCloak said that 27% of executives have open ports on their home networks, 20% have […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]OK, so the headline is a bit of a hook because at this point, it is only a bill, but if it passes, it will be a nightmare for anyone who does business in California, which is good for my company, bad for everyone else. While this is not in my personal best interest, I […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A China based Advanced persistent threat actor (APT) who has been active since last year seems to be using ransomware as a smokescreen for state sponsored espionage. The group has been using just one malware loader called the HUI loader, which seems to only be used by Chinese hackers. They use that to load Cobalt […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Board members and other executives are the key target of hackers. There is even a term for it – whaling. This has nothing to do with anyone’s personal dimensions, but rather that they are the big fish in the pond and have the most access to data. Many times, executives and board members are also […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is an interesting story of how law enforcement, completely legally, can obtain data that you thought you deleted. Well, you did delete it, but deleted does not really mean deleted. Earlier this year the FBI was trying to solve a string of seven bank robberies in five states. One of the tools that they […]
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