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 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The bad guys did not waste any time using the Coronavirus pandemic to attack folks who are suddenly Working From Home (WFH) or Studying From Home (SFH). Here is some information to help those of you who are WFH to navigate the perilous path. Given that many WFH programs were created out of nothing in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The U.S. Federal Cyberspace Solarium Commission issued its long awaited report last week and warned of a “catastrophic attack that leaves the nation in tatters”. While right now everyone is worried about Covid-19, this represents a longer term problem that won’t be fixed in a few months. The report creates a vivid hypothetical attack and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As the Corona Virus Covid-19 continues to do it’s thing, it has already revealed a lot of uncomfortable truths – no doubt part of the reason the market has reacted the way it has. So what are some of the things are we are seeing: Large entertainment events such as SXSW and Cochella are being […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The FBI has been tipped to a hack of around 130,000 Asus routers, details of which are available on the dark web – for sale. To incentivize the sale, the crook has scored each router as to how useful it might be to launch attacks. Access to these devices is being sold for as little […]
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