The President is right that cellular security is a problem, but not for the reason that he thinks – although that is a problem too. Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have discovered a way to compromise 4G cellular security – the cell service that almost all of us use now. It allows them to impersonate the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]US Gov Warns of Ransomware Attacks on Pipeline Operations DHS’s CISA issued an alert this week to all U.S. critical infrastructure that a U.S. natural gas compressor station suffered a ransomware attack. While they claim that the attackers did not get control of the gas compression hardware, they did come damn close. The ransomware took […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Swatting, the very illegal and sometimes deadly practice of making a prank call to 911 in attempt to get SWAT police to storm a building is apparently on the rise. The premise is often that someone is holding a hostage or threatening to murder someone which puts the cops in a no win situation. If […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Orphaned Data in the Cloud Researchers at security firm vpnMentor found an unsecured S3 bucket with passport, tax forms, background checks, job applications and other sensitive data for thousands of employees of British consultancies. Many of the firms involved are no longer in business. The researchers reported this to Amazon and the UK’s Computer Emergency […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Here is the punch line. Automotive cybersecurity incidents doubled in 2018 and are up 605% since 2016. That doesn’t seem that safe to me. Here are some statistics from Upstreams 2019 automotive cybersecurity report: 330 million vehicles are already connection and top brands in the US say that they will only sell connected vehicles this […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]No, I am not kidding. Currently, your Social Security Number is effectively a national identifier. Except when it is not allowed to be used. In many healthcare situations, they use first and last name plus birth date. Apparently, however, that is more than a bit error prone. This has led to treatment errors and medication […]
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