I bet this shows up as a surprise to exactly no one. There are at least 600 undersea fiber lines that connect the world. While these two going away at roughly the same time is annoying, the Internet is quite resilient. However, depending on WHICH fiber lines are cut, the problems can be more severe. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Myanmar Cyber Crime Bosses Handed to China You may remember that a couple of weeks ago I reported that the Myanmar government turned over control of the part of the country where Crime bosses were running various social engineering scams and human trafficking to the rebels who threatened to shut them down. Now there are […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While the NSO Group went from darling to villain quickly once what they were doing became public, there are many unrelated cousins that are doing equally nasty things and are staying in the shadows. Now, one more has been exposed. The Predator Files is a collaborative investigative action by a group of journalism organizations that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]What Could Possibly Go Wrong – Cali’s Digital License Plates Hacked A team of security researchers managed to gain “super administrative access” into Reviver, the company behind California’s new digital license plates which launched last year. That access allowed them to track the physical GPS location of all Reviver customers and change a section of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]LA Police Collected Social Media Account Info From People They Talked To I’m sure they were just curious. The LA police watchdog says that officers were instructed to collect civilians’ social media details when they interviewed them. An Email from the Chief dating back to 2015. He said it could be beneficial to investigations and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Vietnam’s New Cybersecurity Law in Effect Vietnam’s new “cybersecurity” law which requires companies to remove any content from the Internet that the government finds offensive went into effect on January 1. It also requires some companies like Facebook and Google to open offices in Vietnam if they want to continue to do business there. The […]
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