Apple Offers Fixes For Broken iPhone 12s While not exactly a security issue, Apple is offering to fix defective iPhone 12s that were made between October 2020 and April 2021 and which have a defective receiver module component. That is mighty kind of them since every single one of them is still under warranty and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Well, we assume that it is. After all, we think our data is sold all the time. But mega-data-company Thompson Reuters ran across a judge that disagrees. We shall see where the appeals go. The case hinges on a product that TR sells called CLEAR. If you sign up as a CLEAR customer then you […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]One possible answer is that they wanted to steal your email, impersonate you and use your email accounts to send spam and malware. This is certainly possible, but there is another, more sinister possibility. What if – China was looking for mountains of data to train its AI systems? The attacks gave them tens of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]California AG Rob Bonta has been enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act for over a year now and we are learning what he doesn’t like. One bit of good news that we learned is that notices of violations that he sends out triggers a 30 day cure period and that seems to be working. He […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Third Party Risk – You Can Ignore it, But It Won’t Ignore You DataBreaches.net is reporting that a hacker claimed to have hacked an HVAC vendor and remotely accessed systems at the vendor’s customers. One of those customers is reported to be Boston Children’s Hospital. The HVAC vendor is reported to be ENE Systems in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]President Biden staged a big photo op yesterday at the White House to discuss how to improve cybersecurity. As we all know, those kind of meetings, no matter which party is in the Big House, are not actually done to accomplish things, they are for show. So what came out of this dog and pony […]
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