Cryptocurrency is an interesting beast. Unregulated by governments. Not backed by reserves or governments. Difficult to track IF DONE RIGHT. Completely transparent if not done right. For all of these reasons, it is the target of attackers of all stripes. The first attack this week was in England. Armed robbers broke into the home of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As if it wasn’t already a bad enough month for Intel, it just got a bit worse. This is not related to Spectre or Meltdown; this is an entirely new problem. Intel processors have a remote management engine called Active Management Technology or AMT. This allows corporate administrators to remotely take over those computers to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last week news was leaked of a problem with Intel processors built since 1995. The problem – they could be hacked to possibly leak important stuff like all of your passwords. It then came out that Microsoft and the Linux community were building patches and they would be released soon. Apple said that they released […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Several months ago the White House floated a trial balloon about banning the use of personal cell phones by staffers in the West Wing due to security concerns. You may remember that John Kelly was using his personal cell phone for government business and it was owned by hackers for six months before he figured […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In a move that the White House says is for security, John Kelly is considering banning personal cell phones. On one hand, you can’t blame them. After all, Kelly’s own personal cell phone was hacked for six months before they figured it out. On a self serving theme, it is possible that it might cut […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I have been a strong advocate for two factor authentication and still am, but I ran across a situation yesterday that made me realize that there is something that you need to consider when you implement two factor. The situation that I encountered was a user that was using text messages for two factor authentication […]
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