There is an article in Cyber Security Docket talking about the SEC’s new strategy of issuing subpoenas for electronic storage devices or ESDs. Rather than asking for documents, they are asking for devices. Without getting into a legal argument about whether the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (almost a century old) contemplated thumb drives or […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) put on a forum yesterday to discuss cyber security and cars. The conclusion of the author of the article on the subject is that cars will never be secure. I don’t know if I am THAT pessimistic, but it is certainly a difficult problem because of conflicting requirements […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If you have followed me for any time, you know that I often say that you can pick security or convenience, but not both. Here is another example of that. WiFi Protected Setup was a mechanism created by the manufacturers because users were having too much trouble setting up WiFi connections, which reduces sales. In […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As I predicted (which did not require a large amount of clairvoyance) after the Cottage Health fiasco, insurance companies prefer to deposit premium checks and have begun to fight cyber insurance claims. Since most people don’t read their insurance policies and even fewer make sure that they are in compliance with the terms of the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The U.S. government acknowledged that it uses zero-day bugs not only for espionage and intelligence gathering, but also for law enforcement. What else it uses them for is still unknown. Last November, the government released a document titled Vulnerabilities Equities Process. This policy describes the policy, dating back to 2010, that allows agencies to decide […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While I am not a Linux user personally, I am a big fan of it. However, I am not delusional enough to think that just because a piece of software is open source, it is secure and bug free. Anyone who thought that should have had those delusions ripped away when the Heartbleed bug was […]
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