Do you know the password to your spouse’s computer? What about his or her social media accounts? His or her email accounts? Not married, just friends, maybe with benefits – what about his or her passwords? We will get to work passwords in a minute. ExpressVPN asked 1,500 American adults in an exclusive but not […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The FBI has said for years that paying a ransomware ransom was a bad idea. It encourages the bad guys and funds their bad guy activities. But last week the decision became harder when the Treasury department said that they were going to add ransomware organizations that are connected to terrorist organizations to the list […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]False Claims Act Means Big Fines I had heard about the Department of Justice going after companies for misrepresenting things in federal contracts. I remember that Cisco paid a fine of less than $10 million, so I didn’t think it really meant much. But in a press release, the DoJ says that they recovered over […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Yesterday’s double trouble outage should remind businesses that planning for outages and continuing to operate is not optional. The first outage was at Microsoft where it’s Active Directory services had some problems. Active Directory is used to “authenticate” users and services, so if it doesn’t work, not much else does. The good news is that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]GAO Tells Treasury: Track Cyber Risk in Financial Sector The GAO told Treasury to work with Homeland Security to better track cyber risk in the financial sector. The GAO says that Treasury does not track efforts or prioritize them. The “sector specific” security plan was last updated in 2016 and, of course, most of the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There are two flavors of insider threats. #1 is Edward Snowden. Skilled. Motivated. On a mission. Understands that there will be collateral damage. Knows that he or she is breaking the rules. Sometimes it is national security. Other times it is industrial espionage. Still other times it is pure curiosity. Often, but not always (such […]
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