Dutch Data Protection Authorities Looking Into Alleged Tesla Data Breach Germany’s Handelsblatt reported on Thursday that Tesla (TSLA.O) had allegedly failed to adequately protect data belonging to customers, employees and business partners, citing 100 gigabytes of confidential data leaked by a whistleblower. The Dutch DPA is looking into the situation. Among the data is Elon’s Social plus […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]When I say “help”, I mean that only in the kindest of terms, such as placing the company under a 20 year monitoring program, among other assistance. In this case, a company called Easy Healthcare has a free ovulation tracking app. As most of you well know, if it is free, you are the product. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The FBI, NSA, CISA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK (AKA the US and the Five-Eyes Countries) issued a joint advisory on Chinese cyber tactics in light of the Guam critical infrastructure attack. Living off the Land means an attack that uses existing, already installed, vendor signed software to launch an attack and maintain […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Lets ignore the usual side effects of ransomware like it disrupts your business, costs you a lot of money if you are hacked and makes your clients annoyed. Sometimes that escalates a bit. The Oklahoma Institute of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology posted a notice on it doors earlier in the month announcing that it is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Sometimes a Patch Goes Sideways HP is working to figure out how to deal with a firmware update to a number of Office Jet printers that “bricked” the printers, meaning that these printers are only useful as a brick or paperweight. The will not boot and all the user gets is a blue screen with […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The right to repair movement is very active and vocal and demanding that the government force companies to allow people to repair things that they buy. The question is whether you OWN those things that you buy. Manufacturers have been saying not really. You are kind of renting it. There is no national “right to […]
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