An unprotected database containing 10 million vehicle identification numbers or VINs has been discovered on the Internet. That database also included make and model information, sales gross, monthly payment, customer name, address, phone, email, birth date and many other fields. But here is the interesting part. Even though that researchers discovered the unprotected database 137 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As if Yahoo didn’t have enough trouble, it apparently was using a third party software library called ImageMagick which had a serious security bug in it. The library which is used to manipulate images is very widely used. Or at least, it was. Some people say that it has not aged well. Security researcher Chris […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Onelogin, a cloud based identity and access manager, reported being hacked on May 30th. This is the challenge with cloud based IDaaS managers. WARNING: Normally I try to make my posts non-techie. I failed at this one. Sorry! If the post stops making sense, then just stop reading. I promise that tomorrow’s post, whatever it is, will […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In 2013 Booz employee and NSA contractor Edward Snowden flew to Hong Kong after leaking huge quantities of highly classified NSA documents, proving that even the NSA is challenged to keep secrets under wraps. Those documents are still being dribbled out today. Earlier this year, when the FBI was trying to track down the Shadow […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For a long time I have said that there are multiple forms of ransomware such as: The hacker encrypts your computer and gives you the decryption key if you pay the ransom. The hacker encrypts your computer and DOES NOT give you the decryption key when you pay the ransom. The hacker PRETENDS to encrypt […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We hear a lot about data breaches of businesses. Target. Home Depot. Anthem Blue Cross. 21st Century Oncology and thousands of others. But there is a whole other category of breaches. Government. At all levels from local to national. Everyone remembers the OPM’s loss of 20+ million security clearance background checks. Or the IRS’s loss […]
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