FTC Says it Won’t Regulate AI Until After it Causes Harm While I understand the concept, I am not sure it is the best strategy for protecting you and me. On the other hand, regulators really don’t understand technology and rules, once made, are hard to change. Given the rate of change of AI, the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Insider threat is a major problem and getting worse all the time. Coinbase, the largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange, has disclosed a major data breach involving bribed overseas customer support agents who stole sensitive customer information. The attackers demanded a $20 million ransom, which Coinbase refused to pay. Instead, the company has offered a $20 million reward […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]With the feds planning to cut, maybe, 40 percent of CISA’s staff and a half billion dollars, the EU is making its own plans. Just last month CISA almost shut down the Mitre Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database that the industry is dependent on. CISA only renewed the contract with one hour to space and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Texas AG sued Google claiming that they were violating Texas laws by misrepresenting what incognito mode means (it reduces visibility of your browsing ONLY ON YOUR COMPUTER, not on the Internet, your Internet provider or to web sites) and for its use of location data and biometrics. While a billion dollars to Google is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Wrong Number Scam Text Messages This scam is becoming very popular. You get a text from a number that is not in your phone book trying to engage you. “How is your sore back?” “How are you?” “Sorry, I’m running late” Anything to engage you. Once you are engaged they figure you are invested in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The most recent federal administration’s security “malfunction” is with the use of a Signal app clone called TeleMessage. Signal (or TeleMessage) is the app that the Secretary of Defense used to communicate war plans to the VP and others, including the editor of The Atlantic. TeleMessage is a clone of Signal (as well as WhatsApp […]
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