The Sony Breach is Not The Government’s Problem
If the first indication that you have been hacked is your screens going blank or displaying an attacker’s message you are in real trouble. Another indicator that your organization does…
DetailsForce Majeure – Why Sony Doesn’t Want War
So the FBI now concludes that the North Korean government is responsible for attacks on Sony Pictures Entertainment. This conclusion is based on the Bureau’s analysis of the malware (similarities in…
DetailsIs North Korea Responsible for the Sony Attack and What Does it All Mean?
Now that Sony Pictures Entertainment has cancelled the release of the movie “The Interview” (to the chagrin of the Hollywood cognoscenti) the conventional wisdom is that Sony was eye to eye with…
DetailsAre Fines for HIPAA Breaches Effective?
Anchorage Community Mental Health Services (ACMHS) operates a small chain of 5 mental health clinics in and around the Anchorage, Alaska area. Like other medical facilities, they use computers for the…
DetailsSony Threatens New York Times and Other Media Outlets on Publishing Stolen Data
My name is Bond. James Bond. We know that those words will appear in the upcoming Sony movie SPECTRE. We actually know a lot more about the upcoming movie with…
DetailsCell Phones Not Safe From Police North of the Border
If you are on the south side of the Peace Bridge in Buffalo, New York and are arrested by the Buffalo Police Department, the cops can’t search the contents of…
DetailsGRC Debunker
(UPDATED) CISO’s and their teams are not just producers of risk analyses and assessments. We are also consumers of them. They come from many sources. The main four are: Responses from…
DetailsSony, Interrupted
It hasn’t been a good few weeks for Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). Their networks were taken down, employees threatened, e-mails exposed, salary and personal information disseminated. Its stars and executives have…
DetailsPosner’s Privacy Prognostications – Perpetually Peeved
At a recent computer security and privacy conference here in Washington, Judge Richard Posner made headlines when he announced that privacy was “overrated” and existed mainly for the purposes of…
DetailsFrom Here to Xfinity – Comcast Takes Over Your Home Router and Sells Your Internet Service
Imagine if someone hacked your home wireless router. Imagine if they then changed the settings to open up a separate channel on your router – a channel that allowed them…
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