5 Eyes Ask For Crypto Backdoor – Again Law enforcement does not like it if they cannot snoop whenever they want. It has been a problem since encryption started to be used by the masses. The CIA, for example, even went to go so far as to BUY the Swiss encryption company Crypto AG, insert […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]AG Says They Unlocked Shooter’s iPhone Without Needing Apple to Hack Their Security For a couple of decades the FBI and Justice Department has been saying that software vendors need to insert backdoors into their security software to make it easier for the government to hack it if they want to. One high profile case […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Pitney Bowes Hit By Ransomware for 2nd Time in 7 Months Pitney Bowes has verified that it has been hit by a ransomware attack for the second time in 7 months. This time it is the maze ransomware, which steals data before encrypting your systems. Sometimes ransomware hackers leave their hooks in a victim’s system […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]UK Proposes Weak Security Law for IoT Devices; Calls it Strong The UK is proposing a law similiar to California’s existing IoT law and calls it strong security. What makes it strong is that they call it strong, maybe? The bill requires that default passwords on IoT devices be unique (likely part of the serial […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Did Apple ‘Play’ President Trump? Apple says that it has received a waiver from import tariffs on Chinese parts for the Mac Pro. Why, after President Trump said he wouldn’t do that? Apple’s PR machine made it look like the Mac Pro was now going to be made in Texas after they floated a rumor […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Capital One Breached – 100+ Million Applicants Compromised Among the data compromised are 140,000 US social security numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers. Also in the mix were one million Canadian social security numbers plus names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and incomes. The data included applicants who applied between 2005 and 2019. Yes, 15 […]
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