Do you use multi-factor authentication? Google says that less than 10 percent of its users use MFA. They were concerned that if they made people use MFA they would leave. Not sure what they would leave to? Who else offers as compelling a suite of software. For free. Or at least just for stealing all […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Let’s Encrypt is the free HTTPS encryption service that is used by millions of web sites. Since it started out as a good idea of two Mozilla employees in 2012, it has issued about 2 billion free TLS certificates. The history behind this organization is long and convoluted. The industry has a high bar for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While goals are CURRENTLY voluntary, CISA issued guidelines for what it expects from pipelines and other critical infrastructure in light of the Colonial Pipeline attack. While it appears that the hackers were not able to take over the control systems in that attack, they did take over the control systems in the Florida and Kansas […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Detecting Hidden Cameras in Your Airbnb and Similar Rentals No one wants to think about this, but it is an issue. Especially in private home/condo rentals, owners are worried about you stealing or damaging their stuff. And some of them are just stalkers. Here is a TikTok video from well known security researcher Marcus Hutchins […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While the details of this are interesting, what is more important is thinking about all of the contracts that you sign. This is a legal battle that goes back several years. In one corner is Fiserv, the Fortune 200 +/- financial services software behemouth. In the other corner is Bessemer System Federal Credit Union, a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]IBM’s security arm, X-Force, released their latest Cloud Security Threat Landscape report for Q2 2020 to Q2 2021. They said that two out of three breached cloud environments observed by them would likely have been prevented by more robust hardening of systems, such as better software security practices (called policies) and better patching. They also […]
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