Hacking is a moving target. And continues to move. As banks consider using biometric authentication in the place of passwords, hackers are thinking about that too. Researchers at Black Hat demonstrated that they could synthesize your voice well enough to fool personal digital assistants. Already there are products on the market from Adobe, Baidu, Lyrebird, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hackers have figured out that stealing people’s phone numbers is easier and more profitable than stealing their phone (in part because they don’t have to be anywhere near you or your phone in order to steal the number). Recently I wrote about a bitcoin investor (AKA speculator) who is suing AT&T for $240 million because […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]FBI Asks Google for Information on ALL People Near Certain Crimes Now that we know that Google tracks you even if you ask nicely for it not to, this news from BBC becomes more interesting. The FBI issued a search warrant to Google for information on all people within a 100 acre block around a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Adams County, Wisconsin is now facing a crisis of confidence and likely some lawsuits as well. Why? On March 28, 2018, the county says, it uncovered “questionable activity” on county computer systems. Three months later, in late June, their investigation was complete. The result: 258, 120 people had their data illegally accessed. Data included protected […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Judge Koh, who has been involved in many high profile high tech lawsuits such as Apple v. Samsung, gave final approval to a $115 million settlement for damages as a result of the Anthem breach. While this is only one lawsuit – I am sure there are others – it is important if only for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Let’s assume that you are a major international airport that moves 45 million passengers and 97,000 tons of cargo a year, Then let’s say you have some form of IT failure. How do you communicate with your customers? At London’s Gatwick airport, apparently your DR plan consists of trotting out a small white board and […]
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