The short answer is we don’t know. That should scare you a bit. In fact, it is likely that I have a better handle on the cybersecurity of my drinking water than many public water systems do. Here are some stats. A MAJORITY of the 52,000 drinking water supply systems in the United States have […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Mobile finance apps are very popular, but are they safe? A report by security company Intertrust says that 88% of the apps tested failed at least one of the cryptographic tests, meaning that the encryption can be broken, resulting in loss of privacy and possibly loss of your money. Some of the other findings from […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Security Company Founder Charged with Hacking Georgia Hospital An indictment unsealed this week in a Northern District of Georgia court accuses Vikas Singla, 45, with 18 separate counts of aiding and abetting a 2018 cyber attack against the Gwinnett Medical Center in Georgia. According to his LinkedIn profile, he is (or maybe now was) the COO of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I am sure that most of you reading this have not been on a conference call or video call in the last year, so this advice is not relevant to you, but for the rest of us, the NSA has a few tips on how to better protect yourself when you are collaborating online. The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A recent survey shows one downside of the remote work uptick. Most organizations are having a hard time controlling cloud computing costs! Fewer than 20% of survey respondents stated that they were able to immediately detect spikes in cloud costs Greater than 25% stated that it can take months or weeks or several days to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Google is facing a class action lawsuit for, the plaintiffs say, selling your data. The law firm that filed the case knows a bit about these kind of lawsuits. The firm, Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP has previously won settlements in the tens and hundreds of millions of dollars. The were part of the team […]
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