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 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The IAPP published 10 part series on vendor management. A vendor was the cause of both the Target and Home Depot breaches and as I wrote yesterday, a vendor cost USIS at least $2.5 billion in lost business. How good is your vendor management program? Here are a few tips from the series: You may […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There are not a lot of details, but Network World is reporting that the Penn State College Of Engineering took their Internet connection “off the hook”. Last November Penn State got a visit from the FBI – that visit that everyone hopes that they will never get. Penn State was the victim of two cyber […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I have written several items about cell site simulators or Stingrays. Dirtboxes are stingray-like devices hung from an airplane that DoJ agencies use to capture tens of thousands of cell phones as they fly over hundreds of miles. I said early on that it was going to be years before the crap hit the fan, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Below is an interesting ad from the J.P. Morgan Chase home page: They go on to say that you could be responsible for any losses if you do. They say don’t share your login password for Chase.com with third party sites that offer budgeting, managing and other services. In fact, the user agreement says this: […]
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