Palo Alto uncovers a highly focused cyber espionage threat
The Cryptographically Provable Con Man
It’s not actually surprising that somebody would claim to be the creator of Bitcoin. Whoever “Satoshi Nakamoto” is, is worth several hundred million dollars. What is surprising is that credible people were backing Craig Wright’s increasingly bizarre claims. I could speculate why, or I could just ask. So I mailed Gavin Andresen, Chief Scientist of the Bitcoin Foundation, “What the […]
Class-Action Suit Over Lost Mercy Health USB Drive Dismissed in PA Court
The case was dismissed despite allegedly losing a USB flash drive containing sensitive information for approximately 300,000 patients.
Q&A with Gen. Philip Breedlove
Julian E. Barnes, Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal sat down recently with Gen. Philip Breedlove, the top commander of U.S. and alliance forces in Europe, to discuss tensions with…
Hacker-For-Hire Pioneer Ordered to Pay $7 Million
Nikita Kuzmin created notorious Gozi malware
Third-Party Risk Escalates, But C-Suiters Aren’t Paying Attention
Ponemon found that only 8% say improvement of their organizations’ relationship with business partners is a top risk-management objective.
(ISC)2 Announces GISLA Finalists, Federal Reserve CISO to Keynote
U.S. Government Information Security Leadership Awards recognize excellence in advancing the nation’s cybersecurity program.
Wendy’s Slapped with Lawsuit Over Data Breach
First Choice Credit Union’s lawsuit said hackers made “hundreds of thousands of fraudulent purchases” on credit and debit cards.
Validating Satoshi (Or Not)
SUMMARY: Yes, this is a scam. Not maybe. Not possibly. Wright is pretending he has Satoshi’s signature on Sartre’s writing. That would mean he has the private key, and is likely to be Satoshi. What he actually has is Satoshi’s signature on parts of the public Blockchain, which of course means he doesn’t need the private key and he […]
McCain Delivers His Own Foreign Policy Speech
Evelyn Rupert, The Hill Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) delivered his own wide-ranging foreign policy speech as he took the floor for the weekly GOP address. McCain bashed President Obama’s…