There is this expression – misery loves company. Well, maybe, the group of U.S. defense contractors who have been hacked feel better that they are not alone. Of course, maybe not. I am not sure why this information is coming out now, but, if we assume that the groups who are attacking the Japanese are […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If you ask the Department of Homeland Security, FBI or the Election Assistance Commission, they say Slow down, bucko. Securing Internet voting is hard to do. Very hard to do. Internet voting falls into several categories: Sending ballots digitally to voters Sending ballots digitally, marking them only and printing out the results to return the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Pitney Bowes Hit By Ransomware for 2nd Time in 7 Months Pitney Bowes has verified that it has been hit by a ransomware attack for the second time in 7 months. This time it is the maze ransomware, which steals data before encrypting your systems. Sometimes ransomware hackers leave their hooks in a victim’s system […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Contact Tracing Horror Begins The UK is now saying that all of the contact data that they are collecting from the app people install on their smart phones – that data may be kept by the government forever and no, you can’t ask them to delete it. Credit: The Register Singapore will require smartphone […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]China, Korea, Vietnam Escalate Hacking During Covid-19 Outbreak The Trump administration is calling out China for hacking our hospitals and research facilities who are looking for cures and vaccines for Covid-19. That should not be much of a surprise since China has always opted for stealing solutions vs. figuring them out themselves. At least that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Corona Virus Puts Brakes on 5G Deployment A research reports says that global cloud revenue from the operation of core 5G networks will fall 25% to 30% shy of the $9 billion forecasted for this year. They predict that this will only be a short term problem and that 5G deployment will pick up next […]
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