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Former Uber Chief Found Guilty of Hiding Hack From Authorities
Joe Sullivan, the former Uber security chief, was found guilty by a jury in federal court on charges that he did not disclose a breach of customer and driver records to government regulators. The case — believed to be the first time a company executive faced...
Tech Talk Show Notes April 10, 2021
Read. Learn. Share. Tech Talk Show Notes April 11, 2021DHS Preparing to Use Private Contractors to “Scour Public Data and Social Media” To Compile Dissident Citizens for Watch List and No Fly Lists The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is now getting ready to...
Tech Talk Show Notes – March 20, 2021
Read. Learn. Share. Tech Talk Show Notes March 20, 2021 U.S. Unprepared for AI Competition with China, Commission Finds The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence is out with its comprehensive final report recommending a path forward for...
Tech Talk Show Notes – March 13, 2021
Read. Learn. Share. Tech Talk Show Notes March 13, 2021 Tens of thousands of US organizations hit in ongoing Microsoft Exchange hack Tens of thousands of US-based organizations are running Microsoft Exchange servers that have been backdoored by threat actors who...
Tech Talk Show Notes March 6, 2021
Read. Learn. Share. Tech Talk Show Notes March 6, 2021Embracing a Zero Trust Security Model As cybersecurity professionals defend increasingly dispersed and complex enterprise networks from sophisticated cyber threats, embracing a Zero Trust security model and the...
Tech Talk Show Notes – February 20, 2021
Read. Learn. Share Tech Talk Show Notes February 20. 2021Breached water plant employees used the same TeamViewer password and no firewall The Florida water treatment facility whose computer system experienced a potentially hazardous computer breach last week used an...
Patch As Many As You Possibly Can and Keep The Bad Guys At Bay
Patch As Many As You Possibly Can and Keep The Bad Guys At BaySoftware updates and patches protect both your digital safety and cybersecurity. The sooner you update, the more secure you will be until the next update comes out. However, with all the cybercriminals out...
Big Data, Data Brokers and Your Information
Big Data, Data Brokers and Your Information Big Data brokers collect our data and establish “hidden” ratings about us before selling it to those who will pay. This information is used by marketers, insurance companies, credit companies, and merchants. ...
Equifax “Security” – Allowed Unbelievable Inept Logins and Lack of Encryption
Equifax “Security” - Allowed Unbelievable Inept Logins and Lack of Encryption Most of us do not have a choice when it comes to sharing our data with big data credit bureaus/respositories. They simply take all our information and re-sell it making huge profits...
Turns Out It Wasn’t Just Capital One
Turns Out It Wasn’t Just Capital One Federal prosecutors say a woman charged in a massive data breach at Capital One may have hacked more than 30 other organizations. Paige Thompson, of Seattle, was arrested last month after the FBI said she obtained personal...
Am I Going Crazy or Did Elizabeth Warren actually Make Sense for Once
Am I Going Crazy or Did Elizabeth Warren actually Make sense for Once Equifax's massive 2017 data breach screwed over more than 140 million people, so it was not terribly surprising when tens of millions of people jumped at the opportunity to claim cash money...
Old Scam on Uptick – Beware
Old Scam on Uptick - Beware A long-running scam email campaign that pretends to be an unsubscribe confirmation request has seen an uptick recently. These emails should never be clicked on or responded to as they are designed to harvest working email addresses...
Did You Get Your Equifax Settlement? Settlement Drained in a Week
Did You Get Your Equifax Settlement? Settlement Drained in a WeekSo many people have made claims in the data-breach settlement against consumer credit rating agency Equifax that, according to the Federal Trade Commission, each claimant is now likely to get...
Is Someone Lurking in Your Computer?
Is Someone Lurking in Your Computer? Whether you're in an open office where colleagues regularly wander past or live somewhere—like a college dorm—where you may feel comfortable leaving your laptop unattended in the presence of relative strangers, it can be all too...