MIT Technology Review http://www.technologyreview.com/news/533631/2015-could-be-the-year-of-the-hospital-hack/ Claims hospitals are next on list to get hacked. I don’t think that is right… everyone will get hacked – it is easy to hack as many systems that are online. It is only a matter of time. So the mantra of 2015 will be EVERYONE will get hacked. test now … Read more
It looks like the reason for the hack of JPMorgan is a basic hack. The routine check caught it, but did not find the problem in the first place. $250mil spent on cyber security but did not complete the actual update on one machine. Arstechnica says there was a missing two-factor authentication configuration on their … Read more
Fixvirus show December 23rd. cyberattackers are emboldened. the real story of the last few days. Get ready for the new year.
Checkpoint found a “Misfortune Cookie” vulnerability in various gateway devices for the home. This is the paper about how to protect one’s device: http://mis.fortunecook.ie/misfortune-cookie-tr069-protection-whitepaper.pdf thsi is especially disconcerting: Any user traffic destined for banking or financial sites was redirected to malicious servers under the attackers control or redirected through SSL proxies where the security of … Read more
If it is not plain to everyone, here is some evidence: Sony Picture’s Scott Rudin exec emails: http://deadline.com/2014/12/scott-rudin-apology-sony-hacking-barack-obama-1201320321/ His racially insensitive emails were posted after the network and all servers were hacked. even after several years go by the emails have surfaced. SEP = Security Equals Privacy This scenario can be repeated: Google and Twitter … Read more
