There is always a dark side to any piece of tech. AI is no exception. Dozens of verified Twitter accounts with large numbers of followers showed this picture today. Only the photo posted on Twitter did not have a big red FAKE on it. Accounts such as @WarMonitors, @BloombergFeed, and RT posted an image of a large, gray smoke […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We are back to pandemic level cyber fear. Security firm Proofpoint says that compared to last year, CISOs are feeling less prepared to cope with cyberattacks and more at risk. Threats are always increasing, data is being ripped off in more ways than we can count, cybersecurity budgets are not what they need to be, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Uber breach saga continues. Joe Sullivan, Uber’s former CISO, was convicted of lying to the feds about a breach that happened in 2016. Hackers broke in to Uber and stole data on 57 million customers and 600,000 drivers. One of the counts he was convicted of was hiding the 2016 breach from the feds […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Government Contractors Affected by TikTok Ban Too The White House issued a memo in February requiring the removal of TikTok from federal information systems as required by the consolidated appropriations Act of 2023. How this affects contractors is that it also includes IT “used by a contractor under a contract with the executive agency that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A Couple of Annoyed Redditors Launched Website to Anonymously Rate Your Landlord – What Could Possibly Go Wrong? While I understand why some folks might be annoyed at their landlord, how do you verify anything that is on the site? Until now there really hasn’t been a way to figure out whether a landlord treats […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Tech Industry Pain Good for NSA Rob Joyce, NSA’s cyber director, says that they are seeing a boost in recruitment following waves of layoffs in the tech sector. While he is not giving numbers, any help with mid and high level recruiting would be good for the good guys. Remember that due to the clearance […]
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