China went so far as to create fake security tools to collect data to target dissidents and protesters. This included a fake antivirus software that actually installed, instead of removed, trojans on to anyone foolish enough to install Anvisoft. They also created a data mining platform called SonarX to mine social media and gaming accounts… Continue reading China Uses Hacking to Target Dissidents and Protesters
Ok, so I don’t exactly have my shocky face on for this but a lot of Police and other security agencies got hacked through a supplier. Given the poor security at the city, county, state, and, all too often, federal levels of government, digital government should scare everyone. This time the supply chain vendor was… Continue reading Government Susceptible to Supply Chain Hacking
Why Paranoia is a Good Thing As Harold Finch was fond of saying in Person of Interest, ‘It’s not paranoia if they really are out to get you.’ The old security model included a perimeter, with a gate and an inner wall. We called it the DMZ. With customers and vendors increasingly connecting to internal… Continue reading Supply Chain Hacking
