Actually, for the White House, half-baked is a pretty high bar. Here is what is going on and what they are doing. You may remember that a number of public water supply systems were recently hacked. Initially, it was reported that a half dozen systems in Minnesota were attacked. The president blew that off with […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It is no news that CISA fired a third of its staff, hundreds more quit, even more have been forcibly moved to other agencies, the agency has not had a director in the last year and a half and morale is in the toilet. Given all that, a few large companies in private industry have […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Sometimes there is too much news so planned items get moved down the list. Today is one of these days. As I am sure most of you know, starting around 12:11 AM Monday Pacific Time, Amazon Web Services had a meltdown. To paraphrase a quote, when Amazon sneezes, everyone gets sick. That is what happened […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]10.17.25 Security News Bites If You Have Connected a Chatbot to Your Email/Calendar. Or other Apps. You May Want to disconnect it. Gemini and other chatbots (such as Grok) can be compromised by hidden input. The example is Gemini and mail and calendar integration. You can construct a prompt, embed it invisibly into an email […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]AI is Great – But Is It Secure? MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers are the backbone of agentic AI. But researchers say that authentication is optional and nearly all of the nearly 2,000 MCP servers exposed to the Internet today do not require authentication or have access controls. What could possibly go wrong? To test […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Feds Arrest US Solider in AT&T, Verizon+ Hacks This is NOT the Salt Typhoon hack, but rather the Snowflake hack, as best I can tell. The details are very sparse, but in some cases, the targets are the same. Cameron John Wagenius was arrested in Fort Hood, TX. after he was indicted recently. He, apparently, […]
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