Banks are very good at security. Certain kinds of security, that is. They have vaults with really cool doors. Many banks have armed guards. And alarms. In some cities they put tellers in cages to protect them (that is NOT a great metaphor). But when it comes to developing software, they are subject to the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last Week Microsoft Announced Microsoft Azure Sentinel, a cloud based Security Information and Event Management System (SIEM) and a Threat Hunting and Analysis Service called Microsoft Threat Experts. As Ray and I discussed on a recent video, available on Youtube, the best outcome of that announcement is if Google and Amazon make a similar announcement. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I wrote a while back about hackers that had compromised a law firm and its customer Hiscox insurance – or said differently Hiscox and its vendor. The law firm was handling claims related to 9/11 (almost 20 years later and still litigating!). A lot of law firms (certainly not all) have not figured out that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A Houston lawyer is suing Apple alleging that Apple’s Facetime bug (still not fixed) that allowed people to eavesdrop even if you do not answer the call, allowed a private deposition to be recorded. If you are among the geek crowd you probably know that the most paranoid person around, Edward Snowden, required reporters to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Magecart malware has stolen credit card information from such high profile web sites as British Airways, Ticketmaster and Newegg. The malware works by inserting a little bit of code – usually Javascript – into the page(s) of a web site that collects credit card information. When a customer visits that page the malware collects […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I am not sure who we should be more concerned about – us or them. The Georgia Secretary of State, who is also running for Governor, has accused the Democrats of unsuccessfully trying to hack the state’s election system and referred it to the FBI. Propublica is reporting that Kemp, the Secretary of State, quietly […]
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