Supply chain attacks are attacks on the software (and hardware) that goes into the software (and hardware) that you buy. We keep seeing attacks that compromise that underlying software. Earlier this year, it was Ripple20 that affected millions of IoT devices. Many of those devices will likely never be patched and will be vulnerable forever. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Sometimes we focus on the details of cybersecurity protections. And ignore the core issues. In a lot of cases, when companies office in multi-tenant office buildings, the Internet comes into a shared area of the building that is not part of the company’s leased space. This is called a Dmarc for point of demarcation. The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is a follow up to yesterday’s newsletter alert and sorry, it is a bit technical, but I will try to make it as untechnical as possible. Up to a few years ago, if you ran a website, you could buy an HTTPS (also known as a TLS or SSL) certificate that didn’t expire for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Unlike Europe, the United States does not have a uniform national privacy law. Instead we have a patchwork of state laws and federal regulations that apply to one industry or another. One of those regulations is Gramm-Leach-Bliley or GLBA. GLBA was signed into law in 1999 and written over the years prior to that. It […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It is pretty interesting what you find when you rummage around your computer. Most computers these days have cameras and microphones. Do you know which applications can access your camera? What about your microphone? I didn’t. In fact, I didn’t even know where to look to find the answer to that question. When I looked, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Those of you who have kids or think you still are a kid probably remember this song from Hoodwinked. Here in Colorado, we are in the middle of fire season. As of the writing of this post, the Pine Gulch fire is rapidly approaching 70,000 acres burned. The nearest a wildfire has come to my […]
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