When Russian troops stole millions of dollars of John Deere farm equipment from an authorized Deere dealer, Agrotek-Invest, in Melitopol, Ukraine, they trailered them to Checknya, about 700 miles away. What the Russians did not know is that (a) the equipment has a GPS in it, so Deere knew exactly where they took it and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In a survey of 400 veteran IT security practitioners, across a wide variety of industries such as healthcare, tech, education and finance, focused on data resilience, 93 percent said they have a ransomware readiness plan, but there are significant knowledge gaps. 26 percent said the cloud is too risky for backup, but only a third […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As part of CIRCIA (Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act) in the just passed omnibus spending bill, CISA is required to stand up a Ransomware Task Force. Jen Easterly, head of CISA, having just won the battle that requires companies to report breaches and ransomware payments to her rather than the FBI (which pissed […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While any form of two factor authentication is better than none, there are still security holes. In a story I read tonight, a tech savvy user fell for a social engineering attack. He received what he thought was an Instagram message from a friend and responded to it. It turns out it was a social […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We all know that North Korea has been funding their terrorism – and their economy – using ransomware attacks and other malware. Now they have a new way and it is pretty creative. According to an advisory from the feds, North Korean IT workers have been trying to get IT jobs in the United States […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There have been many issues over the years with passive (keyless) entry systems, including but not limited to vehicles. In this case, researchers at the NCC Group used a “relay attack” to not only unlock a Tesla Model 3, but also start it and drive away. A relay attack works like this. You take one […]
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