Apple Offers Fixes For Broken iPhone 12s While not exactly a security issue, Apple is offering to fix defective iPhone 12s that were made between October 2020 and April 2021 and which have a defective receiver module component. That is mighty kind of them since every single one of them is still under warranty and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]California AG Rob Bonta has been enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act for over a year now and we are learning what he doesn’t like. One bit of good news that we learned is that notices of violations that he sends out triggers a 30 day cure period and that seems to be working. He […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Third Party Risk – You Can Ignore it, But It Won’t Ignore You DataBreaches.net is reporting that a hacker claimed to have hacked an HVAC vendor and remotely accessed systems at the vendor’s customers. One of those customers is reported to be Boston Children’s Hospital. The HVAC vendor is reported to be ENE Systems in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]President Biden staged a big photo op yesterday at the White House to discuss how to improve cybersecurity. As we all know, those kind of meetings, no matter which party is in the Big House, are not actually done to accomplish things, they are for show. So what came out of this dog and pony […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Census Bureau admits that they were hit by a cyberattack last year while they were tallying the U.S. population, but not to worry – the servers compromised weren’t being used to conduct the tally. Trust them. According the the Inspector General, the Census Bureau missed multiple opportunities to stop the attack. How would you […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Nick Merker, partner at Indianapolis based law firm Ice Miller, spoke at Black Hat on the subject. Nick has been involved in over 500 cyber incidents and has learned a few things in the process. When lawyers become involved in a cyber incident, the consider things like compliance (like HIPAA), insurance, liability, evidence preservation and […]
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