Despite years of warning, the US still has no good answer for the sort of “supply chain” attack that let Russia run wild.
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No One Knows How Deep Russia’s Hacking Rampage Goes
A supply chain attack against IT company SolarWinds has exposed as many as 18,000 companies to Cozy Bear’s attacks.
Apple’s App ‘Privacy Labels’ Are Here—and They’re a Big Step Forward
It remains unclear how effective the warnings will be, but the attempt alone is a promising development.
Hackable Automobiles Understated – RECALL 1.4 Million
Sounds like the recall is even more wide-spread than thought. Chrysler now recalling 1.4 million cars and trucks! WoW, 1.4 MILLION! And now Chrysler wants to blame the guys that discovered the issues and reported it to them in the first place! The vehicles affected: The recall affects vehicles with 8.4-inch touchscreens including 2013 to 2015 Ram […]
471,000 Hackable Automobiles
Do you enjoy your technology? Your smart TVs, tablets, computers, smart phones, and WiFi? How about the GPS, satellite radio, or wireless connections in your car? Still think that you do not need to know about how some of those things work? Pay attention maybe you should learn how some of those things work! How things […]
Zero Day Patches Get Your Zero Day Patches
Zero Day – vulnerability is an undisclosed and uncorrected computer application vulnerability that could be exploited to adversely affect the computer programs, data, additional computers or a network. It is known as a “zero-day” because once a flaw becomes known, the programmer or developer has zero days to fix it. Microsoft releases emergency patch for […]
Watch where you get your USB sticks from!
Do you pick up USB sticks from conferences or job fairs? How about just passing around a stick amongst co-workers or other folks? Do you know where those sticks have really been? Maybe this article will make you think twice about just using any USB stick! The Unpatchable Malware That Infects USBs Is Now on […]
“No one understands the cloud!” Well maybe you should learn!
Everyone has internet at home, everyone has desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones! Everyone hears this word “Cloud”, but does everyone know how to secure those devices from touching the cloud? Do you know how your devices really work? I don’t mean just knowing how to connect your device to the internet or being able to […]
Microsoft Security Center hacked days after online security director states "Microsoft unlikely to get hacked!"
Interestingly, the Microsoft search result poisoning exploit came just days after John Howie, senior director of online services security and compliance governance at Microsoft, told Britain’s Computing magazine that unlike RSA or Sony, Microsoft was extremely unlikely to be hacked by an advanced threat. “Sony was brought down because it didn’t patch its servers, it […]
