NSA Cyber Director Rob Joyce to Retire After 34 Years Now that is a career in public service. Joyce was the Cyber Director at NSA since 2021 and was at the NSA during the days that it was affectionately called “No Such Agency” for its secretiveness. It comes at a time when cyber threats are […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The terrible events in Nashville will take a long time to recover from. The bomb, likely intentionally, severely damaged an AT&T “wire center” near downtown, shutting off AT&T service for millions of customers. This included some 911 call centers, cell phone users, land line customers, Internet service and even cable TV. Those 911 call centers […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]AT&T Ending Support for DSL Internet Connections AT&T stopped selling DSL Internet connections on October 1, 2020, leaving many users, who do not have access to other forms of Internet connection stranded. AT&T’s fastest DSL connection is 6 mbps, much slower than many other carrier’s DSL speeds which can reach 100 mbps, and only about […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Anybody Know What 5G Cellular Means? 5G is the next generation of cellular, promising blindingly fast service and web page loads in the blink of an eye. Unfortunately, it doesn’t really exist yet. Yes, a few carriers have set up a few cell sites in a few cities, but there are basically NO phones that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Motherboard was able to buy real time location data from a broker for a T-Mobile phone for $300. This is not illegal. The food chain for location data is very complicated. In this case, T-Mobile sold the data to data aggregator Zumigo. Zumigo sold it to Microbilt. Microbilt sold it to a bounty hunter. Who […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hamas Creates Fake Missile Warning App to Hack Israelis The Times of Israel is reporting that Hamas has created and was distributing a fake Code Red rocket warning app. The app, according to Clearsky Cyber Security, takes over the phone and is impossible to remove, even if the app is deleted. Once infected, the app […]
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