One more time, Equifax is in the news – but they are not alone! Users thought that Equifax had been hacked again because when customers went to a particular help page on their web site, they were redirected to a page directing them to download a malicious, fake, Adobe Flash update. Hopefully, no one is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Federal government has demonstrated its inability to keep its own house in order at the same time that it expects citizens and businesses to trust it with very sensitive information. From the SEC’s EDGAR breach, the OPM breach and others, add the FDIC. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the Federal Deposit […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is an interesting story with lots of twists and turns. And lessons. Ryan Lin, 24, of Newton, Massachusetts, was arrested last week on charges of cyber stalking. How he got caught was interesting. And a lesson. The case goes back to April of 2016 when Lin responded to a Craigslist ad and moved in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There have always been questions about connections between Gene Kaspersky’s company and the Russian spy agencies like the FSB, but not necessarily any hard proof. Last month, President Trump ordered all federal agencies to remove Kaspersky anti virus software without any real explanation. Some thought it was as retribution while others thought it was over-reaction. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Some of you probably remember when then Austrian law student Max Schrems started fighting a battle over privacy with Facebook. Now probably neither you nor I would want to pick a fight with Facebook’s legal team, but Max, a law STUDENT, said, hey, what the heck. That battle wound up at the CJEU – The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Update: In light of the title of this post, the Irish data protection commissioner, Helen Dixon, says that her office is investigating “next steps” in investigating Yahoo. While I don’t think the U.S. will do anything more than slap Yahoo on the wrist for allowing three billion identities to be compromised, the EU generally takes […]
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