CSO Magazine has an interesting article on home and small office backups (see article). Many “private cloud” backups allow you to backup your files to a device on your local network and access your backups anywhere you have access to the Internet. Sometimes, that was not even intended, but due to misconfiguration or bad default […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The FBI is warning people to be wary of fake federal web sites which both take their PII and also steal money from them. The web sites rank high on the search engine page, ask for PII and collect a fee. Sometimes they ask people to send their birth certificate or other information. People are […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]New Jersey enacted a new law which requires data encryption (see bill information) as a response to the health care data breaches – I assume like Anthem. The bill is short, only 4 pages, but, at least to me, that does not make things very clear. The bill covers health insurance carriers, but then defines […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]USAToday is reporting that the hacking of the State Department’s email went way farther than has been reporting up until now. The State Department has been fighting to get the hackers out of their unclassified email system for months now, even enlisting the help of private contractors and the NSA – to no avail. CNN […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Researchers from the University of Virginia and Perrone Robotics recently completed testing of an anti hacking sensor for automobiles from startup Mission Secure, Inc. The sensor was able to detect several attempts to take over the braking, acceleration and collision avoidance systems of cars on a test track. This article says the tests went well, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If you either use credit cards or are a merchant that accepts credit cards (I think that covers most of us), your world is changing and changing rapidly. Sorry, this is going to be long, so you might want to get a cup of coffee and possibly some aspirin before you start reading. First, if […]
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