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Security News for the Week Ending December 16, 2022

Rackspace Tells Its 300,000 Customers That Impact of Ransomware was Limited Due to Their Great Incident Response (Not?) In what can only be called an amazing expression of tone-deafness, Rackspace says that due to their great incident response program, only their exchange users were shut down due to a ransomware attack. Needless to say, the […]

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Justice System Can’t Deal with Airtag Stalking as Class Action Filed

Two women are suing Apple over claims that its AirTags are a stalker’s delight. For only $29, you can stalk anyone you want. One woman says that the stalker put the AirTag in the wheel well of her car. The lawsuit says that she received little help from the cops or from Apple. She says […]

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Researchers Say Russians Manipulating Alt-Right Social Media Also

While some folks say that traditional social media like Twitter and Facebook are being manipulated by foreign adversaries, they may have company in the far right social media space. Stanford University’s Internet Observatory and Internet traffic mapper Graphika say the Ruskies have invaded the alt-right social media space also. This is not a big surprise. […]

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Attack on Power Stations is a New Level of Threat

As tens of thousands of people in Moore County North Carolina are in the dark and cold as a result of attacks on two power stations in the county. The power stations were intentionally targeted by domestic terrorists who targeted gunfire on the substations’ transformers. While the county is not releasing many details and the […]

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Even Friendly Governments Use Spyware to Cover Up Corruption

According to a draft report from the European Parliament, EU governments have used spyware on their citizens for political purposes and to cover up corruption and criminal activity. The 159 page report comes after revelations about the Pegasus Project. The Pegasus Project report is based on reporting by an international group of journalists and is […]

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The Biggest Cryptocurrency Meltdown Yet

I report about crypto exchange hacks every week, so what is different here? Crypto Exchange FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy the day after it said everything is fine. There are more than 130 investors involved. Or should I call them suckers? Okay, end of editorial. While Chapter 11 allows a company to “reorganize”, it […]

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