TLS Certificate Lifetimes Will Officially Reduce to 47 Days If you are responsible for a website, this applies to you. TLS certificates, the tech behind making HTTPS:// work on your website, has been changing over the years. A website owner used to be able to buy a certificate and it would be valid for 10 years. But […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Fake Social Security Emails Trick Users into Installing Remote Access SW Cybersecurity experts have uncovered ongoing schemes where criminals are exploiting the US Social Security Administration (SSA) to trick people into installing a dangerous Remote Access Trojan (RAT). This program gives the attackers complete remote control, allowing them to steal personal information and install more […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]US Spy Agencies Setting Up Platform to Buy Your Data There is so much data for the government to acquire without a search warrant that it is a problem. As a result the DNI is working on a system to make it easier to buy our data. This even includes the use of AI tools […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Lazy Passwords Still Prevail A new study of over 19 billion newly exposed passwords manifests a widespread weak password reuse crisis. Lazy keyboard patterns, such as 123456, still reign supreme, and 94% of passwords are reused or duplicated, data leaks from 2024-2025 reveal. Names like Ana rank as the second most popular component. Only 6 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]FTC Says it Won’t Regulate AI Until After it Causes Harm While I understand the concept, I am not sure it is the best strategy for protecting you and me. On the other hand, regulators really don’t understand technology and rules, once made, are hard to change. Given the rate of change of AI, the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]4Chan Cesspool is Back Online 4Chan, the cesspool of a website that spews all sorts of hate and garbage, is back. Unfortunately. They have described what happened, loosely. Bottom line was that they were not maintaining their systems and, as a result, they were hacked. Their data and source code was hacked and the rest […]
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