This is a follow up to yesterday’s newsletter alert and sorry, it is a bit technical, but I will try to make it as untechnical as possible. Up to a few years ago, if you ran a website, you could buy an HTTPS (also known as a TLS or SSL) certificate that didn’t expire for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It is pretty interesting what you find when you rummage around your computer. Most computers these days have cameras and microphones. Do you know which applications can access your camera? What about your microphone? I didn’t. In fact, I didn’t even know where to look to find the answer to that question. When I looked, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Dial back your wayback machine to September of last year. Capital One announced a hack of their Amazon environment by an ex-Amazon employee the previous July that was possible to due an incorrect configuration of their security settings. Fast forward to today and the feds announced an $80 million fine for bad cloud hygiene. The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There are an amazing number of misconfigured Amazon S3 buckets. I have no clue why. No company should be in this boat any more. Truffle Security said that a team of there security pros STUMBLED across about 4,000 of them. What was in them? Login credentials – not great. Security keys – even worse. API […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Many Cyberspace Solarium Commission Recommendations Likely to Become Law The Cyberspace Solarium Commission was a blue ribbon commission that made recommendations to Congress earlier this year on improving government cybersecurity. It appears that many of their recommendations are being added to the National Defense Authorization Act, which is “must pass” bill to fund the military. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I am not saying that Internet providers are evil. They just may not be as concerned about your security and privacy as you are. I have often said that your ISP provides you with the modem/router that they can buy for $12.95. While this is a bit of hyperbole, it is, none the less, all […]
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