As the leadership at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has changed to a more business friendly leader, the new head of the CFPB, Mick Mulvaney is not going to move forward with a full scale probe of how Equifax failed to protect the information of over a hundred million consumers. The former director, Richard Cordray, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Breaking from my usual theme of one day, one story, here are a few quick notes for you to ponder over the weekend. In a story that no one saw coming, Adobe is going to patch a critical zero day flaw, being exploited in the wild. Next Week. In fairness to Adobe, they do have […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The twins bugs of Meltdown and Spectre are a once in a career event for security pros. Most bugs are found quickly – these have been around for 20+ years. Most bugs affect one hardware platform like Intel or AMD or are not related to any specific hardware device. Spectre affects every modern computing processor […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The head of the UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), Ciaran Martin, said that a major cyber-attack on the UK is a matter of when, not if. Martin said that the UK had been lucky to avoid a so-called category one (C1) attack. Luck? That’s comforting. A C1 attack is defined as an attack […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Tech Crunch is reporting that Intel told customers about the Meltdown and Spectre flaws before the public announcement, but they did not tell the U.S. Government about it. Most of the time, it is the other way around. The U.S. Government knows about a flaw but doesn’t tell the company who can do something about […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Cryptocurrency is an interesting beast. Unregulated by governments. Not backed by reserves or governments. Difficult to track IF DONE RIGHT. Completely transparent if not done right. For all of these reasons, it is the target of attackers of all stripes. The first attack this week was in England. Armed robbers broke into the home of […]
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