Russian Court Fines Google 2 Undecillion Rubles for Blocking YouTube Accounts This is a case of YouTube blocking several Russian TV stations’ YouTube accounts. They are being fined by Russia’s anti-monopoly service from failing to restore the accounts. Google was fined, back in 2020, 100 thousand rubles a day with the fine doubling every week […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Right after it was disclosed that China hacked into the major telecom providers in the U.S. and eavesdropped on calls and texts for major national politicians like (but not limited to) Trump and Harris, China is claiming that unnamed western countries are spying on them. Can you imagine that? Countries spying on each other. The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Foreign influence campaigns are intensifying as we get closer to election day. Even though the US is far better prepared than in previous elections, that is not stopping the Russians, Chinese and Iranians, among others. One thing that is happening in this election that did not happen in the past is real time response to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]WARNING: This post is a little geeky, so if it is not your thing, just come back tomorrow :). First, full disclosure. I worked on the original GPS program sponsored by the Air Force to help fighter pilots, so I know a little bit more about GPS systems than most people. Recently we have been […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Now North Korea Using Fake IT Workers to Extort Employers Scams evolve. Now that the scam concept is public, North Korea is pivoting. They are extorting the companies that hire these North Koreans as IT employees after the employees steal corporate secrets. Read the details here. SURPRISE! (Not) – OpenAI Confirms Attackers use ChatGPT to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Microsoft Confirms MMC Bug Being Exploited – No Patch I could tell you to patch the bug but, for the 23rd time this year, the bug is being exploited in the wild and there is no patch. The bug, rated 7.8/10, is in the Microsoft Management Console tool and it was not among the 119 […]
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