O P I N I O N Christopher Krebs, The Undersecretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) of DHS said individuals voting rights were safe despite persistent attacks on the voting infrastructure. He said, that by law, if you show up to vote and there is a problem with your registration, you have […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As I wrote last week, LabCorp, the mega medical lab testing company (mega as in revenue around $10 billion last year) was breached and they have provided some interesting insights as they have been forced to detail to the SEC some of what happened last week when they had to shut down large parts of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In late 2015 Juniper announced that it had found two backdoors in the router and firewall appliances that it sells. Backdoors are unauthorized ways to get into these systems in a way that bypasses security. Kind of like going around to the back of the house and finding the kitchen door unlocked when no one […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Israeli Startup Raises $12.5 Million to Help Governments Hack IoT Given the sad state of IoT security, I am not sure that governments need any help in hacking IoT devices, but just in case they do, Israeli startup Toka raised $12.5 million to help police hack iPhones, Alexas, Echos and Nests, along with other IoT […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last week I started a series on steps to comply with both the E.U.’s General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR and California’s new privacy law, the California Consumer Protection Act or CCPA. To find Step 1, go to this post: https://cybercecurity-mitch-tanenbaum-blog.com/complying-with-gdpr-and-californias-new-privacy-law-ccpa-step-1/ . This week, on to Step 2 – CREATE A VENDOR CYBER RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As hackers are discovering that some organizations are opting to not pay the ransom after a ransomware attack, either because they have backups or they do not want to support criminals, the criminals are changing tactics – something we warned about months ago. In this case, CarePartners, a home healthcare service provider in Ontario announced […]
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