Lets face it; Texas public sector entities don’t have a good cybersecurity track record. And that is only a small part of the list. So the Texas legislature passed HB 150 to stand up the Texas Cyber Command over the next few years. It is going to do a couple of things. Sort of weirdly, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]10.24.25 Security News Bites Just Because You are Large Does Not Mean You Are Secure Russia hacked into eight UK Air Force and Navy bases and posted Ministry of Defense staff names and emails on the dark web. GEEEEEE, they got in by hacking a contractor. The MoD said they are actively investigating. One more […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]AI is very young and immature in the grand scheme of things. Even though we are investing billions into AI, companies are spending it on bright shiny features, not security. We saw this recently when it was revealed that Expedia’s AI chatbot could find you a deal on a hotel room. OR. Teach you how to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I can’t say this enough. Supply chain risk. Third party risk. Vendor risk. It is all the same thing. Fixing it is a challenge. Ignoring it is NOT a solution. First, lets talk about what happened. Hackers who call themselves ShinyHunters, formerly Spider and Lapsus$, also called Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, specializes in data theft, extortion […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Uvalde was already famous – too famous. You may remember that in 2022 Uvalde was the site of a mass shooting where 19 elementary school children and two teachers were killed and 17 more were injured. It is the third deadliest school shooting at an American school. Police were not trained and they waited for an […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Switzerland has been known for being a privacy haven for decades. For years it wouldn’t even reveal banking information to law enforcement except under really limited conditions. That is now distant history. But now Switzerland is joining countries like Russia and China and instituting the ability to mass surveil its population (and even foreigners who […]
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