It seems like we are seeing this again and again – a vendor sets up some Amazon storage and sticks some data in it. Sometimes the vendor forgets about it or the employee responsible for it leaves and the data is basically orphaned. In this case the data was new, so it was not orphaned. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]With all the news lately about the Russians trying to change the outcome of the elections (like, I might add, the U.S. has been trying to do around the world for decades – think of the Shah in Iran, the Congo elections, Chile and many others – see here), the real question is can the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Just a few years ago most people had not even heard about ransomware. Today, if you have not been hit by a ransomware attack, you certainly have heard about attack after attack. Ranging from massive attacks that affected companies like Fedex and Merck pharmaceuticals to hospitals to little mom and pop stores, ransomware is the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Most of the time software license agreements say “we are not responsible for anything that might happen”. In fact, most license agreements say that it is up to the user to figure out if the software is even appropriate for whatever the user plans to use it for. So what would happen if a software […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In January researchers disclosed a pair of twenty year plus old flaws, Spectre and Meltdown. While Meltdown seems to mainly affect Intel chips and is relatively each to fix, Spectre affects everything from Intel chips to smart light bulbs and is extremely difficult to fix (see here). Fast forward to this month ….. This week, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Here’s a thought. If the lawsuit against Yahoo succeeds and the award is $10 per victim, that would be a $30 billion judgement. The breach, you may remember, was publicly disclosed after Verizon agreed to buy Yahoo but before the deal closed. As a result of the announcement the price was lowered by $350 million, […]
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