What Could Possibly Go Wrong – Cali’s Digital License Plates Hacked A team of security researchers managed to gain “super administrative access” into Reviver, the company behind California’s new digital license plates which launched last year. That access allowed them to track the physical GPS location of all Reviver customers and change a section of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Okay, so you don’t really have a choice in this one. This is a little different than say giving your data to Facebook or Twitter. With social media, you can choose not to play. With the credit bureaus, you are not the customer, you are the pawn in the game. Okay, so what did Experian […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Welcome 2023! Hopefully, it will be better for cybersecurity. Hopefully. More FTX Cybercrime The DoJ has launched yet another criminal probe in the bizarre FTX bankruptcy. This represents about $375 million out of the billions lost, but it looks like this theft took place right after the bankruptcy became public. Credit: MSN Slack Joins Okta […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A Louisiana law now makes it a crime for web sites serving content harmful to minors to install age verification technology, but only for users who are in Louisiana. The law became effective on January 1st. The law says that any web site that intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors shall be held […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]People want to pretend that whatever they do on social media is somehow separate from their work life, but it is not. If you are a defense contractor with a clearance, even a “public trust” level of clearance (which is a very low level clearance), what you do on social media definitely counts. In fact […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Comcast Xfinity Accounts Hacked in Widespread 2FA Bypass While Comcast is not saying much, a number of users who use Comcast email WITH 2FA are reporting their accounts being hacked. It appears this is due, possibly, to password reuse combined with a bug in Comcast’s system which allows the hackers to bypass 2FA. Once the […]
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