No, not the data collected by doctors and hospitals. That data is already protected by HIPAA. Actually, the amount of data protected by HIPAA is dwarfed by the amount of data NOT protected by HIPAA. The not protected category – that includes everything from smart watches to period tracking apps. And a lot more. These […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]US water utilities are an interesting group. Let us talk about Colorado. Denver Water was founded in 1918, has a budget of $700 million according to Wikipedia and has over 1100 employees. It serves a million and a half people. Indian Hills water district, by comparison, has a budget of $400,000. From what I understand […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Fake DMV Texts Scam Thousands This is a variation of the text scams we have seen before. These attacks impersonate DMV authorities and have tricked thousands into handing over sensitive info. The texts point to a scam website that looks like real DMV web sites and threatens license suspension and other legal penalties if people […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Work from Home Security Considerations As your employees use their company issued laptop at home or at Starbucks, consider whether your security suite is still protecting them. For example, in the office they are behind your firewall (hopefully) and that adds a layer of protection that does not exist when they are working from home. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Housing Market Bracing For Interest Hike Since Trump Won Now that Donald Trump was elected this week, economists are betting that inflation will go up. Research firm Capital Economics plans to actually raise its interest-rate forecast because its economist Thomas Ryan suspects the Federal Reserve’s reaction will be to pull back on slashing rates. The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Microsoft Confirms MMC Bug Being Exploited – No Patch I could tell you to patch the bug but, for the 23rd time this year, the bug is being exploited in the wild and there is no patch. The bug, rated 7.8/10, is in the Microsoft Management Console tool and it was not among the 119 […]
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