The universe is an interesting place. While the Senate and House, among others, are trying to figure out how much damage Russia did during last year’s election cycle, Cisco and others are sharing their source code with the people who supposedly hacked us. Seem strange? It is! Here is the story. For some countries, including […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]LinkedIn is becoming LinkedOut, at least in Russia. Our friend Vladimir Putin passed a law in 2014 that said that any company that operates in Russia needs to store it’s user’s data in country. Most U.S. companies protested against it, although it is believed that a few have an architecture that allows them to do […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A few months ago Apple and the FBI seemed to be locked in a fight to the death over a request to unlock a phone belonging to the now dead San Bernadino shooter. The FBi attempted to use the 18th century All Writs Act to get Apple to write new software that undermined the security […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I wrote about an attack on hotel routers a few weeks ago (see post). Today, I heard more details on the attack. ANTlabs InnGate router, used by many hotel chains (see advisory), was configured incorrectly. This configuration error allowed anyone to read or write any file in the router, thereby easily owning that router and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It has been reported in the NY Times, among other places, that a Russian crime gang has amassed 1.2 BILLION userid/password combinations, along with 500 million email addresses. Even to me, that is a large number. The passwords represent data stolen from 420,000 web sites, including both large and small companies. The bad news is […]
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