Flash – The Gift That Keeps on Giving Flash, that piece of garbage software that Adobe finally killed a few months ago and which, I have said, should have been killed 20 years ago, it turns out, is at the root of another supply chain hack. For many people, supply chain attacks first came to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]First it was California (of course). Then it was California version 2. In 2020, things were quiet and no states joined the club. Earlier this year Virginia joined the club and today Colorado became the third state to enact a California-style or Europe-style privacy law, with some significant differences. Here are some of the key […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]WD NAS Devices Are Being Wiped Worldwide The downside of using computers beyond their end of support is that you can get hacked and all of your data can get wiped. This is what has happened to many WD My Book owners. Western Digital stopped patching them in 2015 and hackers have figured out how […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Florida’s governor Desantis, a likely Republican presidential candidate in 2024, and his Republican dominated legislature passed a bill this year designed to punish the likes of Twitter and Facebook. Unless they were very naive, they knew this law was going to be challenged in court, and likely struck down for a number of reasons. But […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Tesla (and other self driving car companies) have been particularly close-mouthed about crashes, especially when their cars are in self driving mode. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a new rule that pulls the covers off of that secrecy. Now companies will have to report ALL crashes in which semi-autonomous, steering assist or […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Paying Ransom is Tax Deductible Under current IRS regulations, paying cyber ransom after a hack is deductible, just like losses from a robbery, but the IRS is “looking into it”. One way the government could discourage ransom payments is if the cost is borne fully by the company’s owners. They still might choose to do […]
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