The Russians, in particular Pravda, which is Russian for truth, has created another interesting disinformation attack. The Russians figured out years ago that most Americans are not critical thinkers and if they can figure out a way to present fake information long enough, many people will believe it. For the last several election cycles, their […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Is Russia Reining-In Ransomware? Historically, if you are a ransomware hacker you are in heaven in Russia as long as you don’t attack targets favored by the Kremlin. Putin has arrested, unexpectedly, Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, a famous Russian hacker who was indicted in the U.S. He paid a fine and had to give Putin a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.Gov Website The web site pulls from a database that anyone can edit. The ultimate definition of full transparency, I guess. It is also not hosted on a government server. Credit: 404 Media VP Calls for Less AI Regulation at Summit The Veep spoke at the Paris AI Action […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Yet another challenge for the new administration. In the face of escalating cyber threats against the US maritime transportation system, the Coast Guard, which is responsible for maritime cybersecurity, doesn’t have a plan. The GAO released a report on a year long study that says, basically, not ready for prime time. The Russians, Chinese and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In the ever escalating attacks against undersea critical infrastructure such as power cables, Internet cables and oil pipelines, the battle continues to heat up. You may remember the Nordstream pipelines between Russia and Europe that were disabled by explosions against the Nordstream 1 and 2 pipelines in 2022. Given the war in Ukraine and sanctions […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Ransomware as a Chaos Mechanism This version of ransomware doesn’t require much skill. Rather than encrypting files and demanding a ransom, they are just deleting as many files as possible and watching the chaos with some popcorn and beer. Even if the company has good backups, and many don’t, it can still cause downtime, supply […]
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