This is an interesting story and we will have to watch to see where it goes. One FCC commissioner sent a letter to Apple and Google asking/telling them to remove TikTok from their app stores. The commissioner, one of the Republicans, Brendan Carr, said “it is clear that TikTok poses an unacceptable national security risk […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]OK, so the headline is a bit of a hook because at this point, it is only a bill, but if it passes, it will be a nightmare for anyone who does business in California, which is good for my company, bad for everyone else. While this is not in my personal best interest, I […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Want Some BidenCash? This is not a political statement – at least not by me. There is a new carding site that uses the President’s name and likeness to sell stolen credit card data for as little as 15 cents each. Last week the admins gave away a CSV file with names, addresses, phone numbers, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Ransomware Morphs Again We know that ransomware has gone through a lot of iterations over the last couple of years as hackers try to maximize their revenue. The BlackCat group is now creating public websites for each victim company and has indexed the data to make it easy to search. I guess this means that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I guess HHS wants to be cool, so rather than having a press conference where people can ask embarrassing questions, they are going to release the proposed changes via a prerecorded video – sometime this summer. These new rules will apply to covered entities (like doctors) and business associates (like IT providers). Part of what […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Anonymous Seems to be doing Better Against Russia than Past Efforts Anonymous, the hacking collective, historically has made claims about how effective they are that have not panned out. However, against Russia, they seem to be pretty effective. Whether that means that they are more focused now or instead, that Russia’s defenses are not very […]
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