Historically, we have physical universe attacks like Columbine or Gaza and the many variants in between. Then we have the cyber universe attacks like Caesar’s Casino and Crowdstrike (which was a cyber incident but not an attack). But more recently, we have begun to see cyber-physical attacks. The Colonial Pipeline attack that shut down the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Unregistered Crypto Trading Platform Settles with the SEC the eToro stock and crypto trading platform settled with the SEC for $1.5 million and agreed to restrict their services for US customers. They were charged with running and unregistered broker and unregistered clearing agency. The feds are slow and there are a lot of crooks, but […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Trump Threatens Zuckerberg With Life in Prison Trump said he is watching Zuckerberg and if he does anything illegal this time he will spend the rest of his life in prison. If I remember right, isn’t Trump the person who is railing about the administration weaponizing the Justice Department against political enemies. This sounds like […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]City of Columbus Warns Victims After Saying No Data Was Taken The city admitted that data was stolen including information in prosecutor’s database. The city says that they will help victims who are now being victimized again and whose lives may be in danger due to the city’s poor security practices. The mayor said that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Using a badge to get you in the office (and for some companies out of the office as well) may not be as secure as you thought it was. French security services firm Quarkslab has made an eye-popping discovery: a significant backdoor in millions of contactless cards made by Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group, a leading […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]White House Working on Cyber Insurance Policy for Catastrophes The White House is working on a policy proposal to stabilize the economy in case of a massive cyber incident. This would require help from Congress, of course, but it is certainly possible that we could have a cyber 9/11 that would require a federal bailout. […]
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