Cisco released an announcement that a high severity vulnerability affecting many Cisco ASA firewalls and Firepower security appliances has a proof of concept available in the wild. This means that even amateurs can take that code, modify it a bit and successfully either force your firewall to randomly reboot or to steal credentials from that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]People thought they were going crazy. Their air conditioner randomly turned off. The combination on their door lock changed every day. The doorbell kept ringing even though no one was there. These are all symptoms of domestic abuse where one partner understands how to use those technical toys against the other partner. And, in the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Latest Cost Estimates For Equifax Breach is $439 Million According to recent (March) tax filings, costs related to their breach are now $439 million, making the Equifax breach the costliest in US history. Assuming insurance does pay, it would cover, at most, $125 million, leaving Equifax to write a check for $300 million plus. Given […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Thousands of Android and iPhone mobile apps use the Firebase database. The database runs in the cloud and, apparently, by default has no security. The net effect of this is that 100 million records, or more, are exposed for anyone to capture. Firebase, a database run by Google, is very popular with Apple and Android […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, sent an email to all employees over the weekend telling them that the company was hacked by an employee who changed code on an internal product and sent company data outside without permission. The software, the Tesla Manufacturing Operating System, is likely used internally in the manufacturing process. The employee […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Axis Communications, the Swedish maker of high end security cameras (up to $1,000 each), announced patches to seven vulnerabilities that affect almost 400 camera models. Axis is not some cheap Chinese knockoff; these are well respected cameras used in businesses the world over. The vulnerabilities, discovered by the security firm VDOO, comes with in depth […]
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