Russian Hackers Make Millions by Stealing SEC Earning Reports A Russian hacker working for a cybersecurity company has been extradited to the U.S. for hacking into the computer networks of two SEC filing agents used by multiple companies to file their quarterly and annual SEC reports. Using that insider information, the hacker traded stock in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Parler Finds A New Home With Russian Hosting Provider in Belize “Hello world, is this thing on? With that message Parler’s website is back online. Well at least a one page website is back online. The site is being hosted by Russian-owned DDoS-Guard, a company that apparently also hosts ISIS web sites. Whether the folks […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Cisco Will Eliminate Hard Coded Passwords One Per Month It seems like every patch cycle, Cisco admits to another app that has an undocumented hard coded password. I have lost track of how many of them they have removed so far, but the number is scary large. What is more scary is that I bet […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]First a disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and don’t pretend to be one on the Internet – at least most of the time. The Uber Waymo trade secret theft trial is being delayed once again. Why? Because the Department of Justice showed the Judge a 37 page letter from the lawyer of a former […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This may turn out to be a lesson in Internet law for everyone. In October 2016, hackers breached Uber’s systems and made off with personal information for 57 million customers. They also made off with other information for 7 million Uber drivers and 600,000 drivers license numbers. Uber says that no socials or credit cards […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]One thing about data rich environments – you have to trust that the data keepers do what they say they are going to do. As we all know, Uber collects a lot of data – even data that they don’t know what they will use it for – but surely they will need it in […]
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