The White House (Council of Economic Advisors) released a 62 page report today detailing the cost of malicious cyber activity in the U.S. in 2016. The White House says that the cost was between $57 Billion and $109 Billion for that one year. That’s billion with a B. The report is available here. The report says […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A CPA who spent his career as a personal Financial Specialist is dealing with that question right now. The CPA, who did not provide his name in the guest blog on the AICPA web site, said that he provided his clients with retirement, tax, estate and other financial advice for decades. That, however, did not […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The feds are beginning to see thieves jackpotting ATMs in the United States. Until now, reports of ATM jackpotting were limited to other countries. Jackpotting an ATM is exactly what it sounds like. The hackers compromise an ATM so that it spits out large amounts of cash. An ATM in Rhode Island, for example, was […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I am always skeptical about these lawsuits. One issue is usually “standing”, but in this case, I don’t think this will be an issue. Often, if the party being sued thinks they are going to lose, they tend to settle, quietly, with no precedent from a court decision. In this case, I predict this one […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The twins bugs of Meltdown and Spectre are a once in a career event for security pros. Most bugs are found quickly – these have been around for 20+ years. Most bugs affect one hardware platform like Intel or AMD or are not related to any specific hardware device. Spectre affects every modern computing processor […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Kinetic warfare, a term that seems to have roots with former defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (see article), is the kind of war we are most familiar with – bombs, guns, bullets, poison gas. I don’t think it is going anywhere any time soon, but what is clear is that cyber warfare is likely to play […]
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