The president issued an EO aimed at strengthening the United State’s cybersecurity. The White House memo talks about software development, BGP router protocol security, post-quantum cryptography, AI security, IoT security, encryption, sanctions policies and addressing the prevent the abuse of digital identities. But an EO only represents the president’s wishes so we will see whether […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Fake Social Security Emails Trick Users into Installing Remote Access SW Cybersecurity experts have uncovered ongoing schemes where criminals are exploiting the US Social Security Administration (SSA) to trick people into installing a dangerous Remote Access Trojan (RAT). This program gives the attackers complete remote control, allowing them to steal personal information and install more […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]CISA issued guidance this week to reduce cyber risk. The guidance is very simple: DOES THIS HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THE INTERNET? Of course, you have to know where all of your assets are. This includes by IT and OT (Internet of Things and Industrial Internet of Things) devices. Here are CISA’s yardsticks to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Although how they did it is slightly different, Meta, owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other apps and Yandex, a Russian company that offers Google-like services, both figured out that just because a user said don’t track me didn’t mean that it applies to them. Rather than sending cookie data back to Meta and Yandex, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It is important to remember that the agency’s budget proposal is just that, a proposal, and Congress may or may not agree to it. So what is in the proposal? Whether Congress agrees with the agency or not is to be seen, but if they do, you can draw your own conclusion as to the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]US Spy Agencies Setting Up Platform to Buy Your Data There is so much data for the government to acquire without a search warrant that it is a problem. As a result the DNI is working on a system to make it easier to buy our data. This even includes the use of AI tools […]
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