What happens when criminals make off with $2 million in cyber currency? That is a good question. The Bitcoin exchange Gatecoin, based in Hong Kong, detected the breach on May 13th. If you put your money in the bank, those deposits are protected by Federal law in the case of fraudulent transactions and protected by […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In late 2014 Home Depot announced that hackers compromised their security and stole 50 million credit cards and another 50 million loyalty cards. 18 months later, there are still three class action lawsuits pending. One is close to settling. In a recent 10-K filing with the SEC, Home Depot said that they had spent over […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]HR 5069, the Cybersecurity Systems and Risks Reporting Act, was introduced last week in the House. It would modify Sarbanes-Oxley by adding cybersecurity reporting requirements that are missing in the current law. While there is a long road to follow between being introduced and being enacted, it might be smart to consider what the bill […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A Michigan woman is suing a police officer who used the baby monitor app on her fiance’s cell phone that he confiscated when the fiance was arrested, to spy on her while she was nude and breastfeeding her son. Note that nothing has been proved yet, so this is only claims and allegations, but it points […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Authorities in L.A. obtained a search warrant compelling the girlfriend of an alleged gang member to press her finger on an iPhone to unlock it because they wanted to see what was in it. Whether this violates the 5th amendment or not is in dispute and this was an L.A. court – likely a district […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As the security research community (and me) has been saying for years, the Internet of Things is really an Internet of insecurity and researchers have now demonstrated that in a noisy way. Researchers at the University of Michigan and Microsoft (yes, really, THAT Microsoft) have published a paper that they are going to present at […]
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