Remember that Real-ID Deadline we Were Worried About Since planes seem to be flying with less passengers than flight crew members these days – if they fly at all – the gov has decided to make some security changes. In addition to the fact that they are allowing you to bring a 12 ounce bottle […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Very few of my readers run electric utilities – those are the ones that these regulations apply to directly. Then there are folks who are suppliers to utilities. And suppliers to those suppliers. The new regs require that utilities have a decent vendor cyber risk management program. That increases the pool of interested parties a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Your home Internet connection router or modem is the front line of defense against Internet intruders. Think of it as soldiers “manning the wall”, armed to the teeth, ready to repel intruders. At least, hopefully repelling intruders. But what if, instead of that scenario, your guards had turned into Benedict Arnold and were working for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As more of our computing world lives inside a browser, the risk goes up. As we move to Work From Home, the risk goes up again because we no longer have corporate infrastructure to chop off the top few layers of attacks. Also many of us have kids that either share our computer or share […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Fintech is a term, that refers, loosely, to all of those companies that want to “help” you manage your financial data in the cloud and are not banks. Examples are Mint, Chime, Credit Karma, Coinbase, Kabbage and hundreds of others. Fintech can also include service providers to banks. Here is the problem. Fintechs are not […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Nutribullet, the company that makes those fancy blenders, has a problem. In general, the problem is not a lot different than a lot of other companies. Their website was hacked and one of the magecart family of credit card skimmers was installed. It turns out that was only the beginning of their problem. The first […]
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