There have always been questions about connections between Gene Kaspersky’s company and the Russian spy agencies like the FSB, but not necessarily any hard proof. Last month, President Trump ordered all federal agencies to remove Kaspersky anti virus software without any real explanation. Some thought it was as retribution while others thought it was over-reaction. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Update: In light of the title of this post, the Irish data protection commissioner, Helen Dixon, says that her office is investigating “next steps” in investigating Yahoo. While I don’t think the U.S. will do anything more than slap Yahoo on the wrist for allowing three billion identities to be compromised, the EU generally takes […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Sometimes Congress can be entertaining, but not usually. Today was an exception. FORMER Equifax Chairman Richard Smith, under who’s watch the huge Equifax data breach occurred, testified at the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee. What did he say? #1 – Even though Homeland Security told Equifax (and others) about the Apache Struts vulnerability in March, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Montgomery County, Alabama joined the ranks of probably millions of others and paid a ransom to get their data back after hackers threatened to erase their data if the ransom was not paid within 7 days. While details are sketchy, reports are that the attack began Monday around 5PM (at the end of the day) […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Update to who may be affected. On October 10th, 2017, the Guardian is reporting that while Deloitte has only admitted that they have notified six clients, sources are saying that the server that was compromised contained emails for 350 clients, the US Departments of State, Energy, Homeland Security and Defense, The US Postal Service, The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]All schools in Flathead County, Montana schools were closed on September 14 and 15 and all extracurricular activities and athletic events cancelled as a result of a ransom threat from the well known hacker(s) called The Dark Overlord. This was not a ransomware attack where the district’s data would have been encrypted, demanding a ransom […]
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