FTC Backward Decision Gives Facebook Everything It Has Always Wanted
FTC Backward Decision Gives Facebook Everything It Has Always Wanted So, as was leaked a couple of weeks ago, the FTC has now made its $5 billion settlement with a Facebook official. There's quite a bit that's interesting in the stipulated order that is worth...
Your Disease Cure May be Right In Your Genes
Your Disease Cure May be Right In Your GenesIt’s only been seven years since scientists first learned how to precisely and reliably splice the human genome using a tool called CRISPR, making it possible to think about snipping out disease-causing mutations and...
Toxic pesticides causing an Insect ‘apocalypse’ in U.S.
Toxic pesticides causing an Insect 'apocalypse' in the U.S. America’s agricultural landscape is now 48 times more toxic to honeybees, and likely other insects, than it was 25 years ago, almost entirely due to the widespread use of so-called neonicotinoid...
Changes Coming to Skype for Business Online Customers
Changes Coming to Skype for Business Online Customers Today we’re announcing that Skype for Business Online will be retired on July 31, 2021. This post provides details on the retirement plan, a brief explanation of why we’re making this announcement now, and a...
Edward Snowden His Book
Edward Snowden the BookEdward Snowden, the former CIA employee and National Security Agency contractor who spilled some of the deepest secrets of the US government's electronic surveillance operations, has written a memoir. Permanent Record, published by MacMillan...
Retain Employees Increase Security
Retain Employees Increase Security People, processes, and technology: the three most important components of security operations. Processes can be designed and documented, technology can be purchased and implemented, but people are most often the X...
Smart Home Devices Leak Private Information
Smart Home Devices Leak Private Information A publicly accessible ElasticSearch cluster owned by Orvibo, a Chinese smart home solutions provider, leaked more than two billion user logs containing sensitive data of customers from countries all over the world....
AI in Medicine and its Drawbacks
AI in Medicine and its DrawbacksEach year, one out of every five patients admitted to a hospital in the United States for serious care develops acute kidney injury. For a variety of reasons, these patients’ kidneys suddenly stop functioning normally and become unable...
Cybercrime costs are Rising
Cybercrime costs are RisingThe costs of cybercrime are extremely high these days. This year we’ve seen how a church lost $1.75 million in a BEC scam; two cities in Florida paid ransoms totaling over a million dollars after ransomware attacks; and British Airways had...
Hackers Stick a Bullseye on Schools and School Districts
Hackers Stick a Bullseye on Schools and School DistrictsSome hackers demand ransom; others sweep up personal data for sale to identity thieves. But whatever hackers’ motives, school systems around the country have been the targets of their cyberattacks. One attack...