Cyberattack Ramifications: Chain Closes ALL STORES to Contain Attack Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs has closed all stores to contain a cyberattack. While many stores stop accepting online orders or credit cards after a cyberattack, it is very rare to see a company stop doing business until further notice. However, they have not notified authorities […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]New York Gov Signs Right to Repair Law While industry lobbyists have done their best to water down New York’s right to repair law (and they were relatively successful at it), it is a start. It goes into effect in July, 2023 and while it excludes electronics used in government and schools, has other ridiculous […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]China’s policymaking body, the Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission (I did not make up this name) approved a plan yesterday for developing home grown science and technology with an eye toward self-sufficiency. According to a press release by the state run news agency, Xi said that while China has made substantial progress in trying to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Security firm Trustwave has discovered malware laced tax software in two of it’s western customer’s networks after they opened offices in China. The bank said the software was required to pay local taxes. In fact the software did perform that function. Trustwave calls this malware GoldenSpy and said that it installed a backdoor in their […]
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]DoD Concerned Covid Will Cause US IP Loss In an interesting analysis, Ellen Lord, DoD’s top acquisition official, is concerned that foreign interests (including unfriendly foreign interests) will buy or invest in small U.S. defense subs and steal our tech. In theory CFIUS and FRRMA should make that harder as the government has the right […]
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