Once a new bug is publicly announced, it takes, on average, seven days for bad guys to figure out how to weaponize it. Experts say that this means that you need to harden your systems against that new attack within 72 hours. That is not very long, even for the best of operations. How long […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]DEA and ICE buying Surveillance Cameras Hidden in Streetlights I am not particularly surprised and it certainly is not illegal in any way, but apparently DEA and ICE have purchased $50,000 of security cameras that record video and sound, hidden in streetlights. If $50,000 is what they spent, it would cover a small number of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Three news items today – different platforms, but one common message. #1 – A new iPhone passcode bypass was found within hours of the release of iOS 12.1. This follows on from the passcode bypass fixed in 12.0 and another iPhone passcode bypass in 12.0.1. As iOS becomes more bloated (or feature rich, depending on […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Sometimes the gift that keeps on giving is good. Other times, it is not so good. In this case, it is not so good. You may remember the Wannacry ransomware attack last year. That virus, which took many organizations back to the stone age of computing (i.e., a pencil and paper), infected and took down […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]DHS released a report this week regarding BOD 16-02. A BOD or Binding Operational Directive is DHS’s way of telling executive branch agencies that they have to do something. Like really. In this case the issue is that hackers were abusing bugs in Internet routers, specifically Cisco routers. Why Cisco? Because they are the biggest […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A few short items today. First, Lastpass, one of the two password managers that I like (the other is Keepass) has been hit with three different security bugs in the last couple of weeks. This is due to the fact that Google Project Zero security researcher Tavis Ormandy has put Lastpass in his sights. The […]
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