Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrated Instagram’s growth Tuesday by posting a special photo of himself. But the Instagram achievement isn’t what people are talking about today. It seems a sharp-eyed reader noticed some pieces of tape on Zuck’s computer. They cover his MacBook’s camera lens and microphone/headphone jack. Even FBI Director James Comey uses tape on his … Continue reading Zuckerberg secures his computer with tape
Oh, this could be embarrassing. It seems Norse Security, discussed in a previous post, has found evidence that the extensive cyber attacks on Sony Pictures Entertainment were instigated by one or more disgruntled former Sony employees. From The Security Ledger: Kurt Stammberger, a Senior Vice President at Norse, said that his company identified six individuals … Continue reading North Korea not behind the Sony attacks?
I’m no expert and can’t begin to explain everything about this live map from Norse IPViking, an Internet security operation. But it shows the many cyber attacks going on around the world right now — against fake targets. The targets are actually honeypots, hacker mousetraps if you will, set up by Norse to lure attackers into exposing themselves and … Continue reading Watch worldwide cyber attacks in progress
Interesting Christmas here, and across much of the country. DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks by a hacker group called Lizard Squad have made Xbox Live and the Playstation Network unavailable to a large part of the country all day. And with Christmas being a popular time to exchange new gaming consoles and video games, … Continue reading Christmas with the Lizard Squad
This morning the state-owned North Korean news agency said US claims that North Korea is behind the attacks on Sony are groundless slander and offered a joint investigation: “As the United States is spreading groundless allegations and slandering us, we propose a joint investigation with it into this incident.” It then warned of serious consequences … Continue reading Enough! Release ‘The Interview’!
For the record, I’m furious at all those theater chains (Carmike, AMC, Cineplex, Regal, etc.) that announced today they wouldn’t show The Interview in their theaters. And I’m furious at Sony for announcing shortly thereafter that they were not going to release the film. They all caved to this threat from (according to the FBI) North Korean … Continue reading Hackers win, Sony cancels film release
