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]In one case, the answer is probably. If I want to delete one of my blog posts, I can probably do that. But not if someone copied it. Which I can’t control. Then they can upload it again. I can send a DCMA take-down notice to the hosting provider, which they might ignore if they […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Washington Post is reporting … Outgoing National Security Agency General Counsel Glenn Gerstell says hacking threats from China and other U.S. adversaries pose as great a challenge to the country as climate change. And the government and private sector risk moving too slowly to respond. Outgoing National Security Agency General Counsel Glenn Gerstell says […]
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]I am going to try and make this non-political. We will see if I succeed. Customs and Border Patrol detained a U.S. Citizen active duty Army solider as he went through a U.S. airport as part of his directed orders. The soldier, who is an American citizen, was born in Iran. A leaked Border Patrol […]
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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