LinkedIn has a service called a LinkedIn Reference Search that allows someone to search for people who worked at the same companies that you did at the same time you did. While LI does not give employers direct access to those people who worked with you, they do “recommend” that prospective employers use the LinkedIn […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]McGuire Woods (McGuire Woods Firm Profile) writing this week says that cyber risk due diligence is an important part of the merger and acquisition process. In fact, they say, that failure to address these issues during due diligence could expose both buyers and sellers to a litany of adverse consequences (Cyber due diligence important during […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Ars Technica reported about yet another case where prosecutors dropped charges against 4 suspects who robbed 7 people, including one who needed 18 stitches, rather than disclose information about the use of a Harris Stingray. Or at least that’s what we think. The cops told the press that is was not related to “technology” (preferring […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Everyone talks about “The Internet Of Things” (IoT), whether it is a web accessible security camera or your internet connected refrigerator that tells you when you are low on milk. Recently, a stalker talked to a nanny while she changed the baby’s diaper. We have also seen home routers with vulnerabilities that allow a hacker […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]An upstate NY State woman sued the DEA for creating a fake Facebook profile of her, using pictures of her young son and niece as well as suggestive pictures of her to try and lure drug dealers (see link and picture below). Authorities had taken her phone after she was arrested for her role in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There has been a cat and mouse game between the movie studios and hackers since there were digital versions of movies. The encryption that was on the original movie DVDs, CSS (content scrambling system), was cracked in a matter of a few days. For Blu-Ray and HD DVDs, they created a new system, AACS (Advanced […]
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