We don’t seem to get a lot of good news when it comes to cybersecurity. Here is one good story. Katie Yates received some nude photos of a friend, Natalie Claus (normally we don’t use names, but these women are working hard to make a point that there is nothing to be ashamed of and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Windows 11 May Damage Data on Some CPUs Microsoft issued a warning that computers that use the Vector AES instruction set might damage data , but they don’t say how or why. Microsoft says fixes in June and May prevent further damage but the result is that encryption is much slower after the patch. They […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Doxing is defined as the publishing of identifying information with malicious intent. Last week “threats” were made against 5 Denver area colleges. The colleges (Arapahoe Community, Community of Aurora and Denver, Front Range Community and Red Rocks Community) either closed their campuses and forced people to leave the campus or went into lockdown. Even though […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]US Emergency Alert System Has a Minor Bug Homeland Security has issued an alert that there are critical vulnerability in the Emergency Alert System encoder and decoder devices. If left unpatched, it would allow a hacker to issue fake warnings of emergencies. The EAS is the nationwide alert system that is used to warn citizens […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I have noticed something recently from some members of the CMMC consulting community. Create fear. Statements like CMMC will be in contracts in May of next year and if you are not CMMC compliant you will not be able to get DoD contracts are in their sales pieces. Here is the reality. CMMC is really […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The All Writs Act is a law that dates back to the late 1700s. It allows the government to force companies to do all sorts of things. Completely legally. Usually very quietly. In this case the government was trying to find a Russian national, Aleksey Burkov. The government wanted to track him so that he […]
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