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09.26.25 Security News Bites

President Signs EO Raising Fee on H-1B Visas to $100,000 All those foreign citizens that Silicon Valley hires (thousands or more for each large company). The NEW fee to file a visa application went from $215 to $100,000. It is designed to discourage the abuse of the program and only use it for exceptionally skilled […]

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Oops, We Didn’t Get Cyber Insurance Before Attack

If you are a client of ours you know that we always recommend that you have an appropriate level of cyber insurance in place. Just in case. Other forms of business insurance will not cover a cyber attack (some carriers do “bundle” cyber policies with other business policies and that is fine, but don’t assume […]

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Secret Service Takes Down Sim Farms in NY

First question you probably have is what the hell is a SIM farm. Most of you (if you do) know the term from the little card that goes into your phone that gives it it’s identity. Either your carrier gives it to you for free or charges you a couple of bucks for it. Either […]

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Russian Fake News Network Run by ex-Sheriff’s Deputy, Runs 200+ Web Sites

If it worked for the 2024 presidential election, why not rinse and repeat? The Russian troll farm that posted a video claiming Kamala Harris was a rhino poacher is back with hundreds of new fake news sites. But wait, there is more. NOW, they are using AI to spin up more content, more quickly with […]

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09.18.25 Security News Bites

09.18.25 Security News Bites Google Adds Support to Detect Modified Content in Pixel 10 Google on Tuesday announced that its new Google Pixel 10 phones support the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) standard out of the box to verify the origin and history of some digital content. C2PA’s Content Credentials are a tamper-evident, […]

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Salesforce Breach: 760 Bizes, 1.5 Billion Victims

I can’t say this enough. Supply chain risk. Third party risk. Vendor risk. It is all the same thing. Fixing it is a challenge. Ignoring it is NOT a solution. First, lets talk about what happened. Hackers who call themselves ShinyHunters, formerly Spider and Lapsus$, also called Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, specializes in data theft, extortion […]

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