I thought it had been quiet recently – apparently too quiet. Anthem, the healthcare insurance company that operates in 14 states and is the second largest insurance company in the country, reported that it had been hacked. Anthem operates under a lot of names including Anthem Blue Cross, a name well known in the Northeast. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Trend Micro is reporting (see here) yet another Adobe Flash zero-day attack in the wild. Yes, this is a new one. No, this is not one I reported about last week. I had to read the article three times to convince myself this was not the exploit I wrote about last week. And, Trend Micro […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Many sources are reporting (see here) a bug in Internet Explorer 11 that could support a very credible looking phishing attack. Interestingly, this attack does not work on older versions of Internet Explorer, which is the reverse of what usually happens. The problem was disclosed on Saturday with a proof of concept on the full […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]BMW announced that it had fixed a bug that would have allowed hackers to compromise it’s ConnectedDrive car automation system. The bug affected over two million BMWs, Minis and Rolls Royces, according to Mashable. Apparently, the communications between BMW’s servers and your car were not even encrypted, so the solution was to use HTTPS to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I have been meaning to write about this for a week now, but a conversation I had last night with a security-geek friend (thanks, Tim!) allows me to combine two posts. Happy Friday! First, the subject line. Lizard Squad, the group that claimed responsibility for shutting down the Microsoft xBox and Sony Playstation networks on […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In the latest bit of news dribbling out of Sony Pictures, Reuters is reporting that Sony has requested an extension of the required financial filings from mid February to the end of March. Sony is saying that their financial and accounting applications will not be working until early February. For those of you keeping track, […]
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