Since we are almost at New Year’s eve, this post is a bit of a fun. AI knows all, right? 0.02 seconds, right? Well, not so fast. NFTEvening and Storible collaborated on a test to see how fast AI can figure out your seed phrase. First, what the heck is a seed phrase anyway? You […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Feds Sue JPMorgan, Wells, BofA Over Zelle Fraud Given the administration is changing next month and the new administration is not fond of rules that negatively impact business, I don’t know if this lawsuit will go anywhere, but the complaint said it took Zelle years to respond at all to Zelle fraud and in most […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In the ever escalating attacks against undersea critical infrastructure such as power cables, Internet cables and oil pipelines, the battle continues to heat up. You may remember the Nordstream pipelines between Russia and Europe that were disabled by explosions against the Nordstream 1 and 2 pipelines in 2022. Given the war in Ukraine and sanctions […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Amazon Delays Office 365 Rollout Due to Security Concerns Depending on whether you are an optimistic or pessimist, you can assume what Amazon’s intentions are. Likely this is about trying to convince potential customers that Amazon is secure and Microsoft is not. While there is probably some truth to that, I think there is more […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Passkeys are a replacement for passwords and, in general, are way more secure. They use encryption to validate who you are in a different way than HTTPS does. With passkeys, you don’t type in a password. Instead the website and your device create a digital handshake that only works from your device and with that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Ransomware as a Chaos Mechanism This version of ransomware doesn’t require much skill. Rather than encrypting files and demanding a ransom, they are just deleting as many files as possible and watching the chaos with some popcorn and beer. Even if the company has good backups, and many don’t, it can still cause downtime, supply […]
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