Note: If you didn’t know that I am against crypto backdoors before, let me just tell you up front, because that fact will be clear by the end. The world works in the most mysterious ways. The FBI has been trying to get phone makers (Apple especially) to install crypto backdoors into iPhones for them […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Feds Say 4 Chinese Hackers Took Down Equifax The Department of Justice indicted 4 members of the Chinese People Liberation Army, saying that they were responsible for detecting the fact that Equifax did not patch their some of their servers and thus were easily hackable. This, of course, means that the hack did not require […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While I have reported about software supply chain attacks in the past, they have all been one-off and in some cases highly targeted attacks. The FBI has issued a warning about ongoing, large scale, software supply chain attacks. The attackers are using the Kwampirs malware to install a Remote Access Trojan or RAT. The FBI […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Iran Expands Oil & Gas Attacks to Electric as Well According to researchers, Iran linked APT33 has expanded its attack surface. Initially they were going after the global oil and gas industry but now they have added the electric grid to the mix. Right now, they say, the goal is reconnaissance – gathering information to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I know I keep beating the Ransonware 2.0 drum, but there is a reason for it. There is not a good response to it other than to stop it from happening. According to media reports, Maze ransomware hackers have attacked 5 law firms in the last 30 days and 3 law firms in the last […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]UK Proposes Weak Security Law for IoT Devices; Calls it Strong The UK is proposing a law similiar to California’s existing IoT law and calls it strong security. What makes it strong is that they call it strong, maybe? The bill requires that default passwords on IoT devices be unique (likely part of the serial […]
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