Cyber Insurance Prices Trending Down After insurance rates soared between 2020 and 2022, prices went down a little bit (15 percent) in 2023 due to increased competition, better vetting on the part of insurance companies and better company cybersecurity practices. It will be interesting to see where this trend goes, but we will take this […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Shoddy security practices. Short of cash. Lack of personnel to deal with threats. Outdated equipment connected to the Internet. Weak passwords. CISA and the FBI say these are just some of the issues that critical infrastructure operators are facing. Anti U.S. (pro-Russian) hackers are intensifying attacks on critical infrastructure such as water, wastewater, dams, energy […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Administration Announces Preliminary Agreement for New High Tech Chip Factories in Arizona As you may remember, during the pandemic the shortage of chips caused widespread product shortages for everything from phones to cars. Congress passed the CHIPS act to subsidize companies who manufactured chips in the U.S. at a higher cost rather than in less […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Five Eyes Agencies: SolarWinds Hackers Adopting New Tactics As businesses move to the cloud, hackers are adopting new techniques since Software as a Service providers are much better at patching than most companies are. Instead, the Russian hackers are stealing authentication tokens and using them to get access to the cloud, including creating new accounts […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]FCC Bans Robocalls Using AI-Generated Voices This comes after someone generated thousands of robocalls pretending to be Joe Biden telling people not to vote. Unless they get express permission from the recipient of the call, which would, of course, defeat the purpose of the call. The FCC wrote the rule in a way that allows […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Police Don’t Know Who Accessed Data Posted in Error This is somewhat hard to believe while at the same time all too common. Would your company do any better. Police in Northern Ireland posted the entire country’s police roster in response to a freedom of information request – by accident. Even though they took it […]
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