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Security News for the Week Ending February 19, 2021

Parler is Back Online After being down for a month after getting kicked off Amazon, Parler is back online. Existing accounts can log in now; new accounts can be created next week. They have a new interim CEO after the board fired the last one. It does not appear that old content was moved over […]

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Security News for the Week Ending February 12, 2021

Law Firm Goodwin Procter Hacked Goodwin Procter managing parnter Mark Bettencourt confirmed that some of their clients’ data was compromised. But not to worry; it only affected a small percentage of their clients. One more time, we have a “supply chain attack”. While the vendor was unnamed, I suspect it was Accellion. They suffered a […]

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Security News for the Week Ending January 22, 2021

Parler Finds A New Home With Russian Hosting Provider in Belize “Hello world, is this thing on? With that message Parler’s website is back online. Well at least a one page website is back online. The site is being hosted by Russian-owned DDoS-Guard, a company that apparently also hosts ISIS web sites. Whether the folks […]

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Security News for the Week Ending January 8, 2021

Britain Says Assange Cannot be Extradited Julian Assange, a long time thorn in the backside of some folks in the US government, cannot be extradited to the US, a British court says. The court said that while he probably can get a fair trial in the US, the court system in the US is unlikely […]

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Security News for the Week Ending December 18, 2020

Data from employment firm Automation Personnel Services Leaked Automation Personnel Services, a provider of temporary employment services, found 440 gigabytes of their data leaked on the dark web. The poster says that it includes payroll, accounting and legal documents. The data was leaked because the company refused to pay the ransom. When asked if the […]

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Solar Winds Breach Keeps Getting Better

Well, maybe better is not the right word. Quick catch up for those of you who are not following this. The Russians hacked the software update process for the high end network management software called Orion from Solar Winds. This software is typically used by large enterprises and government agencies. This hack gave them access […]

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