Probably your first question is what the heck is CIRCIA. CIRCIA is a law passed by Congress in 2022 that requires CISA to create a set of regulations for reporting cyber incidents by critical infrastructure operators. Needless to say, those operators would much rather have a very low profile and report things only if and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Cyberattack Ramifications: Chain Closes ALL STORES to Contain Attack Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs has closed all stores to contain a cyberattack. While many stores stop accepting online orders or credit cards after a cyberattack, it is very rare to see a company stop doing business until further notice. However, they have not notified authorities […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Shoddy security practices. Short of cash. Lack of personnel to deal with threats. Outdated equipment connected to the Internet. Weak passwords. CISA and the FBI say these are just some of the issues that critical infrastructure operators are facing. Anti U.S. (pro-Russian) hackers are intensifying attacks on critical infrastructure such as water, wastewater, dams, energy […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There are a lot of people with a lot of opinions about this. Here are mine. In no particular order. First, if you assume that TikTok makes a buck per user per month off selling your data, if they just invest One month’s revenue – $170 million – they can outspend everyone else as they […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Who would have guessed? Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) fed AI agents vague descriptions of more than a dozen unpatched vulnerabilities. The agent they created with GPT-4 exploited 87 percent of those vulnerabilities. Fourteen other agents made with lesser tools like GPT 3.5 and Metasploit failed. The researchers said that GPT-4 was […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Feds Give Another Chip Maker Subsidy to Build in US Last week the feds announced a subsidy to Taiwan Semi to build multiple chip plants (fabs) in Arizona. This week the feds announced, based on last year’s CHIPS Act, a subsidy to Samsung to build multiple plants in Texas. This creates a lot of construction […]
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