We are definitely starting with a bang. First Apple patched a flaw that affects the system integrity of macOS. Using a third-party kernel extension Microsoft discovered a vulnerability in Apple’s System Integrity Protection, a feature that if functioning correctly, will reduce the risk from operations that affect system integrity. The flaw could enable hackers to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Data broker Gravy Analytics lost control of their location data database, affecting the privacy of millions. The hacker has published a “sample” of 30 million location records. Remember, 30 million represents just a sample; we don’t know who much data was stolen in total. The data released includes location data from fitness, health, dating, transit […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]New Orleans Truck Terrorist Used Meta Ray-Bans to Surveil French Quarter An advertising executive once said all publicity was good. I don’t think he understands terrorism. The FBI has revealed footage from the attacker’s Meta glasses that he took while going through the French Quarter on a bicycle. Not exactly the “use case” Meta wants […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Soon you will start seeing this VOLUNTARY cyber trust on connected IoT devices from baby monitors, smart appliances to cameras to all sorts of things. The FCC created this program and it is likely that responsible manufacturers will sign up for it. The FCC is outsourcing the administration of this program to Underwriters Laboratory (UL), […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Ignoring posturing from the incoming President about the current President making life hard for him (countermanded by his chief of staff to be), the administration has revealed a lot about Chinese hacking over the last decade. #1 – China has hacked the US GOVERNMENT at least a dozen times since 2014. According to Metacurity’s research, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The House created a task force on Artificial Intelligence last year which was tasked with developing a US vision for AI adoption, innovation and governance. They provided 66 key findings and 85 recommendations over 15 different issue areas. The Steptoe law firm summarized the key aspects of this report (link below). Congress has some interesting […]
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