Global Police Crackdown Arrests 5,000, Shuts Down Sites A global police crackdown in June and July against illegal sports gambling led to thousands of arrests and website shutdowns while also disrupting scam centers and their related human trafficking and money laundering operations, Interpol reported Thursday. They arrested 5,100 people, recovered $59 million in proceeds and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Microsoft Confirms MMC Bug Being Exploited – No Patch I could tell you to patch the bug but, for the 23rd time this year, the bug is being exploited in the wild and there is no patch. The bug, rated 7.8/10, is in the Microsoft Management Console tool and it was not among the 119 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]People often ask me how come the hackers seem to be winning in spite of the seeming endless spend on cybersecurity, security training and law enforcement. Let me give you a couple of recent news items and see if you can figure it out. These are just a few of the hundreds and hundreds of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Earlier this month the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) was hit by a cyber attack. The breach affected 24 million students and about 50,000 teachers. Now we are learning more about it. For students, the data includes: For teachers, similar data was breached but more teacher specific data. Part of the problem is that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I talk all the time about third-party or supply chain breaches and there is serious impact to them. Here is one example going on now. Change Health is a healthcare payment facilitator among other services. They are used by doctors, pharmacies and hospitals to get paid. Change is owned by Optum Health which, in turn, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]DEF CON is Canceled, No Really It is a meme. Every year there are announcements that DEF CON is canceled, but this year it is real. Sort of. DEF CON is the world’s largest hacking convention and has, for years, been held at Caesars in Las Vegas. You may remember that Caesars had an unfortunate […]
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