In the face of the IRS losing billions of your tax dollars every year, they instituted a plan last year to actually verify the identity of people who are logging on the the IRS’s digital websites. What a novel concept. Would you do business with a bank that would let anyone walk in, say that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The President’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity (EO 14928) ordered Homeland Security to create a Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB). The CSRB is supposed to be like the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) with some major differences. The CSRB will investigate major cyber isssues while the NTSB investigates transportation accidents. Unlike the NTSB which can take […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Biden May Use China Rule on Russia if it Invades Ukraine This COULD be a bluff, but the administration may use the foreign direct product rule on Russia, like they did on Huawei, if Russia invades Ukraine. Depending on how it is used, it could have crushing implications on anything in Russia that uses microchips. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As hackers become smarter, generate more and more effective attacks and users continue to work from almost anywhere, IT teams have to get smarter about effective endpoint security. This is going to take a layered approach. This includes moving towards zero-trust. Here are some recommendations. Signature and heuristic-based detection – this is what most traditional […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Today’s supply chain attack is interesting. I guess I can say that because it didn’t happen to a web site that I own and my information didn’t get stolen. Here is the situation. Many web sites have embedded videos on them. In this case, most of the sites affected were real estate web sites and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]W. Va. Hospital Breach Timeline – Way Too Long The Monongalia Health System was attacked recently and hackers had access to several email accounts, apparently belonging to contractors from May 10 to August 15 or about three months. It took them another 60 days to investigate. They are just not telling us about the breach […]
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