I keep saying that ransomware is morphing; that the ransomware that we have known for the last many years is no more. It used to be that the hackers could get people to pay by encrypting their data, so people started doing better with backups. Not necessarily great, but better. So last year one hacker […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The day after Twitter fact checked two of Trump’s tweets regarding vote by mail as massively fraudulent, he issued an executive order to get even with them. What Trump would like to do is revoke Twitter and other social media sites’ protections provided by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, so that he and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hackers Have Access to iOS 14 Months Before You Will Apple gives developers early prototypes of their new software so that Apple doesn’t have a disaster on its hands when the new software is released and user’s applications no longer work. Unfortunately, some developers sell those phones – or at least access to them – […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Reports are that reported breaches are down. This is likely not due to the fact that there are less breaches, just less reports. Wait six months and see what the breach reports look like. Security firm Tessian released their State of Data Loss report and here are some of the things they found. 52 percent […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Californians for Consumer Privacy, an advocacy group that started the push for CCPA is back again, pushing for a ballot initiative this time. You may remember that they got enough signatures two years ago and only by some amazing gymnastics did the legislature pass CCPA. The group says that they have enough signatures to get […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]About a year ago the Governor of New York signed the SHIELD act into law. Among other things, the law broadened the definition of a breach to include ACCESS to the data, not just stealing it. It also broadened the definition of personally identifiable information. Notice that no one talks about non-public personal information any […]
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