Security or convenience, pick one. Background: there is a difference between IDENTIFICATION and AUTHENTICATION. Identification is the equivalent of a userid. Userids are not secret. Authentication is the equivalent of a password. Passwords are secret. Many systems use biometrics like a face scan to BOTH identify a user and authenticate that it is really that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]U.S. Intelligence agencies say that China is shifting tactics. Or, maybe just adding new ones. The NSA, CISA and FBI said, in a joint advisory, that China-backed hackers have maintained access inside U.S. critical infrastructure such as aviation, rail, mass transit, highway, maritime, pipeline, water and sewage to prepare to launch a catastrophic attack at […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Assuming you are like every other company, you communicate with people. People like employees, customers, suppliers and the media. Given what we are seeing, already, with deepfakes and the the fact that this is only just starting, what is your plan to protect your reputation? Would a competitor or someone else publish a photo, video, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]DEF CON is Canceled, No Really It is a meme. Every year there are announcements that DEF CON is canceled, but this year it is real. Sort of. DEF CON is the world’s largest hacking convention and has, for years, been held at Caesars in Las Vegas. You may remember that Caesars had an unfortunate […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Myanmar Cyber Crime Bosses Handed to China You may remember that a couple of weeks ago I reported that the Myanmar government turned over control of the part of the country where Crime bosses were running various social engineering scams and human trafficking to the rebels who threatened to shut them down. Now there are […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The feds are pushing pretty hard to get software makers to create and manage Software Bills of Materials or SBoMs. What the heck is an an SBoM anyway and why is it important. A very non-technical comparison would be the list of ingredients in packaged food. Let’s say you are allergic to some food, say […]
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