Hopefully by now, everyone has at least heard of multifactor authentication. But most people are not using it. Google says that about 10 percent of GMail customers use it. Based on our customer base, the adoption level for Office 365 users is higher, but not great. And the adoption for other software is horrible. To […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]SmarterASP.net, a web hosting provider with over 400,000 customers, was infected by ransomware over the weekend. They are, at least, the third provider to be hit by such an attack. Affected user web sites are down and the company’s website was also down. Customers logging in might see a directory listing that looks like this […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Comcast Testing Encrypted DNS While Lobbing Against It Encrypted DNS (either DoH or DoT) has become a political hotbutton. Recently Vice reported that Comcast is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying against it. Mozilla is writing to Congress saying that what Comcast is saying is not true and most interestingly, Comcast is testing its […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Let me cut to the chase – the answer is no. It is a way to help pay for the damage, but that is about all. In the article referenced below, the author thoughtfully explains the role of cyber risk insurance – a post-fail risk offset. The key word there is fail. Failing in the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is really an informational piece, along with some whining on my part, since there is not much you can do about this. The FCC today approved the merger between Sprint and T-Mobile, thereby reducing the number of cell carriers from 4 to 3. The republican members of the FCC said that history not withstanding, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]How much does cyber crime cost us anyway? I rant about it all the time, but really, in dollars, what does it cost? Different researchers give different answers and your mileage may vary, but here are some answers: Cybercrime makes, AT LEAST, $1.5 trillion more than the drug trade Cybercrime would rank as the 13th largest economy […]
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