For those of you are are Firefox users, I found a tool that allows you to see what parts of your browser need updating. The tool is a web page on Mozilla’s web site. Maybe everyone else knows about it and I have been living in a cave. Maybe there is a similar one […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Katherine Archuleta, in testimony before Congress said that she realized when she assumed her post 18 months ago that the agency had huge cyber security issues. When pressed on why the data was not encrypted, her response was that it is hard to do on systems that are that old. However, Dr. Ozment, DHS assistant […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Several short items – The battle over NSA spying is not over, the OPM breach is better or worse than we thought, The first ruling on net neutrality is here, Senator McConnell is trying to insert the cyber protection bill CISA inside the defense appropriations bill in a way that does not allow for debate. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Gene Kaspersky, head of the Russian anti-malware vendor and security research labs reported yesterday that the malware that infected his labs last year was also found … drum roll … at the hotels for the delegates to the Iranian nuclear talks (see article). Kaspersky reported yesterday (see article) that their lab was the victim of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]UPDATED: 02 Jun 2015 2216 EDT The Senate, in a 67-32 vote, passed the same bill they were unable to pass before they went on vacation, restoring some of the expired provisions of the Patriot Act. The bill now goes to President Obama who said he would sign it. Gone is the bulk collection of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Wired is reporting a giant dark web scheme to sell counterfeit coupons costing the consumer packaged goods industry tens of millions of dollars. The scam is simple because no one thought that anyone would try it. So no one added any security into the coupon chain. Later, they bolted on a blacklist, but that is easily […]
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