If you are a crook and you want to break in, you might first try the front door. If you discover the front door is locked, you might try another door or a window. Same is true for hackers. As companies slowly improve their defenses on end user web sites, hackers discovered that the APIs […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]US Gov Warns of Ransomware Attacks on Pipeline Operations DHS’s CISA issued an alert this week to all U.S. critical infrastructure that a U.S. natural gas compressor station suffered a ransomware attack. While they claim that the attackers did not get control of the gas compression hardware, they did come damn close. The ransomware took […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I was interviewed by the local affiliate of a national TV network earlier today about a hack where a young lady got her bank account emptied out in a matter of seconds after she provided a caller a single 6 digit number. Hopefully this lady will eventually get her money back, but not without a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In one case, the answer is probably. If I want to delete one of my blog posts, I can probably do that. But not if someone copied it. Which I can’t control. Then they can upload it again. I can send a DCMA take-down notice to the hosting provider, which they might ignore if they […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I know I keep beating the Ransonware 2.0 drum, but there is a reason for it. There is not a good response to it other than to stop it from happening. According to media reports, Maze ransomware hackers have attacked 5 law firms in the last 30 days and 3 law firms in the last […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I am going to try and make this non-political. We will see if I succeed. Customs and Border Patrol detained a U.S. Citizen active duty Army solider as he went through a U.S. airport as part of his directed orders. The soldier, who is an American citizen, was born in Iran. A leaked Border Patrol […]
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