Saturday, May 02, 2020


I’ve been expecting this, based on attacks in other countries. When your adversary is down, kick him hard.
Trump Declares National Emergency As Foreign Hackers Threaten U.S. Power Grid
President Trump signed an executive order, May 1, to further secure the U.S. bulk-power system from foreign adversaries that he wrote are "increasingly creating and exploiting vulnerabilities." The executive order, declaring a national emergency over the hacking threat, bans the "acquisition, importation, transfer, or installation," of bulk-power system electricity equipment from companies under foreign adversary control.
The executive order also confirmed that a task force had been established, with members including the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, to work to protect against national security threats to energy infrastructure. What this order did not do is go as far as naming any specific foreign adversaries, nor the companies they may control.




Everyone should be getting this right by now…
French Newspaper Le Figaro Leaks 7.4 Billion Records
Newspaper Le Figaro has become the latest big name humbled by a human error-based data leak, after a cloud server was found to have exposed 7.4 billion records including readers’ personal information.
Researchers at Security Detectives led by Anurag Sen found the 8TB Elasticsearch database, hosted by a firm called Dedibox, wide open with no password protection.
Although the database belonged to Le Figaro, the server on which it was hosted was owned by Poney Telecom, which the researchers claimed “has a reputation for shady, unethical hosting practices and security issues, and is notorious for many online attacks that seem to originate from within its network of servers.”




I like it! Unfortunately, “To take part you must be 13-18 years old and live in the UK.
This new cybersecurity school will teach kids to crack codes from home
Online initiative looks to inspire a new generation of cybersecurity talent to bring out their 'digital Sherlock Holmes' while schools remain closed.
As part of the Cyber Discovery Virtual Cyber School, kids will be able to try over 200 cybersecurity challenges based around cracking codes, finding and fixing security flaws and dissecting digital trails left behind by criminals, all as part of a game. Through playing, young people will learn the concepts and ideas that real agents use when dealing with real cyberattacks.




No reason to question the comments that agree with you…
Judge Orders FCC to Hand Over IP Addresses Linked to Fake Net Neutrality Comments
A Manhattan federal judge has ruled the Federal Communications Commission must provide two reporters access to server logs that may provide new insight into the allegations of fraud stemming from agency’s 2017 net neutrality rollback.
A pair of New York Times reporters—Nicholas Confessore and Gabriel Dance—sued the FCC under the Freedom of Information Act after it refused their request to view copies of the logs. The logs will show, among other details, the originating IP addresses behind the millions of public comments sent to the agency ahead of the December 2017 net neutrality vote.
The FCC attempted to quash the paper’s request but failed to persuade District Judge Lorna Schofield, who wrote that, despite the privacy concerns raised by the agency, releasing the logs may help clarify whether fraudulent activity interfered with the comment period, as well as whether the agency’s decision-making process is “vulnerable to corruption.”




Isolation tools.
5 Free Zoom Alternatives for Video Conferencing and Online Meetings



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