China, Korea, Vietnam Escalate Hacking During Covid-19 Outbreak The Trump administration is calling out China for hacking our hospitals and research facilities who are looking for cures and vaccines for Covid-19. That should not be much of a surprise since China has always opted for stealing solutions vs. figuring them out themselves. At least that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Once a new bug is publicly announced, it takes, on average, seven days for bad guys to figure out how to weaponize it. Experts say that this means that you need to harden your systems against that new attack within 72 hours. That is not very long, even for the best of operations. How long […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Remember that Real-ID Deadline we Were Worried About Since planes seem to be flying with less passengers than flight crew members these days – if they fly at all – the gov has decided to make some security changes. In addition to the fact that they are allowing you to bring a 12 ounce bottle […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]DoD Concerned Covid Will Cause US IP Loss In an interesting analysis, Ellen Lord, DoD’s top acquisition official, is concerned that foreign interests (including unfriendly foreign interests) will buy or invest in small U.S. defense subs and steal our tech. In theory CFIUS and FRRMA should make that harder as the government has the right […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While the subject line shouldn’t surprise anyone, we are beginning to see more data on the subject. Here are some examples: Threatpost surveyed their readers about their “comfort level” regarding remote work preparedness. 52 percent – roughly half – said that they “feel” prepared for the transition. 20 percent admitted they were struggling. Given the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For years U.S. telephone carriers have said that they can’t stop spam callers. Truth is that they make a lot of money from either sending or receiving these calls, so they had zero incentive to figure out a way to stop it. The problem would decrease a lot if you could believe the information that […]
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