FCC Bans Robocalls Using AI-Generated Voices This comes after someone generated thousands of robocalls pretending to be Joe Biden telling people not to vote. Unless they get express permission from the recipient of the call, which would, of course, defeat the purpose of the call. The FCC wrote the rule in a way that allows […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Few Election Offices Use .Gov Domain Years ago, .gov domains cost $400. In a case of penny wise, pound foolish, something like three quarters of all election officers figured that saving $400 versus a non-spoofable domain name was a smart trade off. And we wonder why the hackers are winning. Credit: The Washington Post LinkedIn […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Let’s Encrypt Became Let’s Revoke and Then Let’s Confuse Let’s encrypt sent out an alert early this week that they were going to revoke 3 million HTTPS certificates on March 4th. That was going to happen because of a software bug on their part which meant that they possibly issued certificates when they should not […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Iran Expands Oil & Gas Attacks to Electric as Well According to researchers, Iran linked APT33 has expanded its attack surface. Initially they were going after the global oil and gas industry but now they have added the electric grid to the mix. Right now, they say, the goal is reconnaissance – gathering information to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Less Than Half of Mississippi State Agencies Even Have a Cybersecurity Policy In Mississippi’s first ever state cybersecurity audit, the state auditor reported dismal results. 54 state agencies did not respond to the audit. 38% of those responding did not encrypt sensitive data. 22 agencies had not conducted a third party security risk assessment. 11 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I am not sure who we should be more concerned about – us or them. The Georgia Secretary of State, who is also running for Governor, has accused the Democrats of unsuccessfully trying to hack the state’s election system and referred it to the FBI. Propublica is reporting that Kemp, the Secretary of State, quietly […]
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