As more people and more businesses embrace the cloud, the opportunity for disaster goes up. For example, we have seen companies move to the Amazon cloud and then be surprised when their web sites go dark (see this example). There are no silver bullets when it comes to data center availability and the cloud is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Sounds like a low budget sci-fi thriller, but it is not. In a sneak peak of Verizon’s new data breach report, Verizon tells the story of an unnamed university that was attacked by its own vending machines. For real. The university had thousand of devices to manage, so, like many businesses, decided that connecting all […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to a study by the mega-consulting firm Capgemini, only 21% of banking and insurance executives were highly confident in their ability to detect a breach, never mind defend against one. On the other hand, 83% of consumers trust their bank’s and insurance company’s ability to protect their data. So 4 out of 5 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The FTC settled this week with TV maker Vizio for spying on its customers and not telling them about it. Vizio agreed to pay a $2 million fine (which I suspect to them is a nuisance fee), get consumer consent, implement a privacy program and conduct a biennial review, among other things. Here are the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I think this falls into the category of “well, what did you expect?”. I don’t have a particular stance on this issue; for me it is just an interesting view into our society and the fact that many people are oblivious to the consequences of their actions. In addition, there are clear actions these people […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Anonymous, the hacking collective, is very unpredictable. Apparently they do not like child porn and the people who sell it. Over the weekend, the hosting service Freedom Hosting II – a very large TOR hosting provider – was taken out by Anonymous. TOR is often used by child porn purveyors to hide their tracks. Sites […]
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