It is not news that the majority of breaches are not caused by sophisticated attackers figuring out how to bypass robust defenses. For example, one of the largest attacks in the U.S., the Equifax breach, was caused by Equifax failing to patch a known bug, for which there was an available patch, even after DHS […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Twitter modified its privacy policy to allow it to collect users’ biometric data. They say this is to tackle fraud and impersonation on the site. The new privacy policy, which goes into effect on September 29th, says they will be collecting biometric data for safety, security and identification purposes. The details are kind of missing […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While the Pentagon grinds agonizingly slowly towards improved cybersecurity with CMMC, the hackers continue to make them look like amateurs. Congress doesn’t seem to be much help in the crisis. Last week the DoD Inspector General crucified the DoD’s operational units for doing a uniformly bad job at protecting Controlled Unclassified Information or CUI. Government […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Lets ignore the usual side effects of ransomware like it disrupts your business, costs you a lot of money if you are hacked and makes your clients annoyed. Sometimes that escalates a bit. The Oklahoma Institute of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology posted a notice on it doors earlier in the month announcing that it is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The right to repair movement is very active and vocal and demanding that the government force companies to allow people to repair things that they buy. The question is whether you OWN those things that you buy. Manufacturers have been saying not really. You are kind of renting it. There is no national “right to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Google Adds Dark Web Monitoring to GMail Users A feature that used to be available to paid Google One subscribers will soon be available to all GMail users. Dark web monitoring tells you if your GMail email address is found on the dark web (hint: almost all of them are due to thousands of data […]
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