According to articles on ZDNet and ABC, NSA chief Admiral Mike Rogers said in testimony before the US House Intelligence Committee that China and probably one or two other countries could shut down critical computer networks that could force U.S. power and water grids, aviation systems and financial systems offline. Let that sink in for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There was an interesting article in Wired that “outed” Verizon’s use of perma-cookies. Simply explained, perma-cookies are cookies that identify the user that are added by the carrier between the user’s browser and the receiving web site. The effect of this is an ID that will follow the user, potentially across devices, silently, with no […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to the Wall Street Journal (pay link), the government (US Marshals Service) is flying “dirtboxes” in small airplanes to capture the signals from your cell phone. Basically, a dirtbox is a self contained cell tower with a strong signal. Since your cell phone will connect to the strongest signal, if the dirtbox winds up […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]An article in American Banker talks about the fight that all the banks are fighting right now. JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Says the bank plans to double its $250 million annual computer security budget within the next five years. I think Chase understands the problem; Dimon said “It’s about firewall protection, it’s about […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]An article in the Times a week ago says that the Feds and States want banks and brokerage firms to close some gaping holes in their defenses. What is that gaping hole? OUTSIDE VENDORS! Many people are aware that the suspected source of the Target breach was a small HVAC contractor. They didn’t do anything […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I read an interesting article in USA Today recently. The FBI says that over 500 million financial records have been hacked in the last 12 months (given that the Chase hack accounts for over 80 million records alone, this number in itself is not surprising). Here are a few tidbits out of the article that […]
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