WD NAS Devices Are Being Wiped Worldwide The downside of using computers beyond their end of support is that you can get hacked and all of your data can get wiped. This is what has happened to many WD My Book owners. Western Digital stopped patching them in 2015 and hackers have figured out how […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Florida’s governor Desantis, a likely Republican presidential candidate in 2024, and his Republican dominated legislature passed a bill this year designed to punish the likes of Twitter and Facebook. Unless they were very naive, they knew this law was going to be challenged in court, and likely struck down for a number of reasons. But […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Tesla (and other self driving car companies) have been particularly close-mouthed about crashes, especially when their cars are in self driving mode. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a new rule that pulls the covers off of that secrecy. Now companies will have to report ALL crashes in which semi-autonomous, steering assist or […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Okay, you are probably tired of hearing me rant about software supply chain but it is a huge source of hacks. Big hacks like SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange, but mostly small hacks that we never figure out what the source is. Reseachers looked at what developers actually do. The analyzed 13 million scans of 86,000 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Paying Ransom is Tax Deductible Under current IRS regulations, paying cyber ransom after a hack is deductible, just like losses from a robbery, but the IRS is “looking into it”. One way the government could discourage ransom payments is if the cost is borne fully by the company’s owners. They still might choose to do […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Microsoft did learn something from Windows 10 – don’t mess with their cash cow. They will continue to work on Windows 10 for the enterprise with a new release in the fall and cumulative updates for years. But for consumers eager for the next new shiny object – Windows 11, here we come. For early […]
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