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Security News Bites for June 20, 2025

Car Production in US Could Shut Down in Weeks Due to China Rare Earth Magnet Ban The president says he has worked this out with China – we will see how much of a squeeze China wants to put him in. Xi, as a master deal maker, could choose to squeeze the hell out of […]

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Thousands Of Solar Farms Vulnerable to China

I am guessing that this is just the tip of the iceberg. That by itself is scary. Researchers discovered nearly 35,000 solar power systems from 42 vendors that have exposed management interfaces. This includes devices like power inverters, data loggers, monitors, etc. The researchers found nearly 50 vulnerabilities that could be exploited. Most of these […]

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Security News Bites for June 13, 2025

TLS Certificate Lifetimes Will Officially Reduce to 47 Days If you are responsible for a website, this applies to you. TLS certificates, the tech behind making HTTPS:// work on your website, has been changing over the years. A website owner used to be able to buy a certificate and it would be valid for 10 years. But […]

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Why is China Buried Deep and Silent in US Networks?

You may disregard my opinion about this but what about the opinion of a Retired US Army Lt. General and a very smart CSIO who used to be an Air Force Intelligence Officer? Retired Lt. Gen H.R. McMaster, who served as the US National Security Advisor during 2017 and 2018 and who had roles in […]

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Security News Bites for May 23, 2025

Lazy Passwords Still Prevail A new study of over 19 billion newly exposed passwords manifests a widespread weak password reuse crisis. Lazy keyboard patterns, such as 123456, still reign supreme, and 94% of passwords are reused or duplicated, data leaks from 2024-2025 reveal. Names like Ana rank as the second most popular component. Only 6 […]

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Lawmakers Grill Noem Over CISA Funding Cuts, Demand Trump Cyber Plan

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced intense questions from the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee. She wants to slash almost $500 million from the CISA budget. While the appropriations committee was looking at DHS’s funding across all of its agencies, they made a point of demanding more info on the administration’s financial plans for CISA. […]

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