San Francisco Cops Want Real-Time Access to Private Security Cameras for Surveillance San Francisco lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow police to use private security cameras for real time surveillance. This bill expands a 2019 city ordinance that requires police to seek authorization before acquiring and deploying surveillance, hence this notice. While it […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Without delving into the politics of Roe v. Wade, the decision and the laws that are happening as a result of the recent Supreme Court decision, bring up some very challenging privacy issues. Automated license plate readers can be found in many places. There is an entire network of tow truck owners that collect license […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Reverse search warrants are warrants that police get when they do not know who they are looking for. There is a case in Denver right now that could, possibly, shed some light on the answer to this question. In this case, two teens burned down a house because, if I remember correctly, they were pissed […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]ZuoRAT Hijacks SOHO Routers Researchers have found a multi-stage remote access trojan (RAT) being used against a wide range of small and home office routers in Europe and North America. The RAT has been active since 2020 according to the researchers. The malware exploits known vulnerabilities (which is why patching IoT devices and making sure […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Without regard to where you stand on gun control, the events in California last week are an IT and safety failure of massive proportions with no way to remedy the failure. Three days after the media reported the breach, the California Attorney General started dribbling out incorrect information about what happened. There is still no […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Russia Cyber Attacks Lithuania After Gov Refuses to Let Russian Coal, Steel Trains Through Apparently Russia couldn’t figure out a way to do any real damage, so they launched a denial of service attack against a bunch of Lithuanian web sites.. This includes the state tax inspector, migration department and secure national data network. The […]
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