Is it too much to ask managers to actually manage? That includes “control!”
Poor Password Security Led to Recent Water Treatment Facility Hack
… Now, according to an advisory published on Wednesday by the state of Massachusetts, unidentified cyber actors accessed the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system via TeamViewer software installed on one of the plant's several computers that were connected to the control system.
Not only were these computers running 32-bit versions of the Windows 7 operating system, but the machines also shared the same password for remote access and are said to have been exposed directly to the Internet without any firewall protection installed.
It's worth noting that Microsoft Windows 7 reached end-of-life as of last year, on January 14, 2020
Isn’t the market solution working? I can’t imagine insurance companies selling anything at a loss.
https://www.databreaches.net/is-it-time-to-ban-ransomware-insurance-payments/
Is it time to ban ransomware insurance payments?
Alex Scroxton reports:
… According to [the founding head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)], the ransomware problem is now being exacerbated by victims paying ransoms to their extortionists and then claiming back this sum on their insurance. He described this as an “incentive” that encourages victims to pay to solve their problem quickly.
He told the newspaper it was now time to “look seriously” at changing insurance law to ban payments – or, if not that, to enter into consultation with the industry about how to respond.
Read more on ComputerWeekly.
So phones and computers are like luggage in that they store things. Luggage stores things like drugs or guns. What does an electronic device store that can only be kept out of the US by successful searches? Do border agents search the Internet too?
https://www.pogowasright.org/1st-circuit-upholds-border-searches-of-phones-and-laptops/
1st Circuit Upholds Border Searches of Phones and Laptops
Thomas Harrison reports:
Border agents can turn on a U.S. citizen’s laptop, phone or other digital device, scroll through the data and then confiscate it for weeks even if they don’t have any reason to suspect that the owner is guilty of a crime, the First Circuit ruled Wednesday.
“Given the volume of travelers passing through our nation’s borders, warrantless electronic device searches are essential to … adequately protect the border,” the Boston-based court said in a 29-page decision.
Read more on Courthouse News.
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Despite Scanning Millions of Faces, Feds Caught Zero Imposters at Airports Last Year
U.S. Customs and Border Protection scanned more than 23 million people with facial recognition technology at airports, seaports, and pedestrian crossings in 2020, the agency recently revealed in its annual report on trade and travel.
The agency scanned four million more people than in 2019. The report indicates that the system caught no imposters traveling through airports last year and fewer than 100 new pedestrian imposters.
An acceptable reason to surveil you or at least your phone?
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-02-combining-machine-smartphone-tracking-flu.html
Combining machine learning with smartphone tracking data to forecast the spread of the flu
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. including Google Inc. and the CDC has found that it is possible to combine machine learning technology with smartphone tracking data to create an application that accurately estimates the spread of the flu. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group describes how they created their app and how well it tested against conventional viral spread estimation systems.
The ongoing pandemic has reawakened fears of a much worse scenario involving the spread of a much deadlier virus than SARS-CoV-2. So scientists have been looking at ways to slow the next one, and part of that effort would include using tools that better forecast how the spread escalates. In this new effort, the researchers sought to create a tool based on smartphone data and machine learning that would be as good or better than applications created using commuter data.
Kicking a guy while he is down or did he just finally add that last straw to the camel’s back?
Twitter confirms Trump’s ban is permanent, even if he runs again
When Twitter said it had banned Trump, some wondered how permanent the move really was. After all, Twitter long used the justification of “public interest” when explaining why the president was allowed to remain on the platform after saying things that would get other users banned. Following the Capitol riot, and as Trump would no longer be president just a few days following the ban, the public interest excuse didn’t mean much.
But what if he were to run for the position — or another government seat — again?
The company today clarified that the ban is indeed meant to be permanent. In an interview with CNBC, Twitter CFO Ned Segal said “when you’re removed from the platform, you’re removed from the platform.” He further elaborated “our policies are designed to make sure that people are not inciting violence. He was removed when he was president and there’d be no difference for anybody who’s a public official once they’ve been removed from the service.”
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