Oops – Office Depot Mimics Phone Phishers Thanks to reader Gina for this one. Office Depot got caught scamming its customers telling them they had (fake) malware on their computers when they asked OD and its vendor Support.com to scan their computers. No, they didn’t have malware – just a bill for unneeded services. While […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Poland’s data protection regulator made an interesting decision affecting a Swedish based digital marketing company named Bisnode. Poland’s regulator, the national Personal Data Protection Office (UODO in Polish), fined Bisnode 220,000 Euros for failing to comply with Article 14 of GDPR. Article 14 requires a data controller to inform a person when it collects data […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Gee, in one sense, that is not a big surprise. On the other hand, given all the money and effort, you would think we would be winning. According to security vendor Carbon Black, in just the last 3 months, they found that the percentage of time hackers used methods to cover their tracks jumped 5 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It is old news that Jeff Bezos was caught cheating on his (soon to be ex-) wife. That isn’t terribly unique news. Powerful men seem to do that a lot. At this point it is still somewhat murky as to how AMI, parent of the National Enquirer, obtained pictures that Jeff shared with his girlfriend. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We’re From the Government and WE’RE HERE TO HELP YOU! Well, not really. We don’t have to worry about the gov being hacked. They just give our information away. At least in this case there is no hard evidence that the data was misused. FEMA hired a contractor to help it find temporary housing for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If yesterday’s post (on Asus) and many of my posts in the past are any indication, supply chain risk is a huge problem and not very well handled at many companies. Part of the reason why is all of the misconceptions we have. Here are a few and why they are misconceptions: The vendor is […]
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