Putin is dealing with the reality of the worldwide financial sanctions crippling his economy. His solution is to create a financial system based on distributed finance or DiFi. An example is cryptocurrency. Using DiFi, Putin thinks he can get around sanctions. There are, of course, a couple of holes in this logic. First, who besides […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I report about crypto exchange hacks every week, so what is different here? Crypto Exchange FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy the day after it said everything is fine. There are more than 130 investors involved. Or should I call them suckers? Okay, end of editorial. While Chapter 11 allows a company to “reorganize”, it […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Dropbox says it was phished – simple as that. As a result, the attacker had access to 130 of its code repositories and downloaded a wide range of information. Dropbox has been very transparent about this, but it is both embarrassing and damaging to the company. The hackers socially engineered an employee to give up […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]New White Paper on the Global Cyberwar and Societal Response We have just released a new white paper and are looking for feedback on this non-technical paper titled The Global Cyberwar and Societal Response. The target audience for this white paper is business and IT pros who want to be knowledgeable about managing company risk […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]IRS Text Spam No, that text message that you just got did not come from the IRS. In fact, text spam, also known as smishing, leveraging the IRS’s name is exploding. I am guessing that because people are scared of the IRS and hence, they will respond to the scam spam. IRS commissioner Chuck Rettig […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I’m not sure this secret weapon is legal. In fact, I am pretty sure that it is illegal. But, apparently, that isn’t stopping some lawyers and others from using it. I am not saying that everyone is a crook. They are not. But some, apparently, are perfectly willing to break the law. Carlo Pacileo was […]
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