Stephen E. Arnold: Exchange Servers: Not Out of the Dog House Yet

Here’s a chilling statement I spotted in “Microsoft Servers Being Hacked Faster Than Anyone Can Count”: “This free-for-all [Exchange Server] attack opportunity is now being exploited by vast numbers of criminal gangs, state-backed threat actors and opportunistic “script kiddies… Because access is so easy, you can assume that majority of these environments have been breached.” …

Stephen E. Arnold: LinkedIn Phishing Security Collapse?

Linked In Phishing One of the news items in an upcoming DarkCyber talks about LinkedIn phishing exploits. I want to mention this method of hijacking or intruding into a system for two reasons. First, Microsoft has been explaining and reframing the SolarWinds’ security misstep for a couple of months. The Redmond giant has used explanations …

Robert Steele: Opening Message for Web 3.0 Informal Steering Group

https://web3-0.org/ is now operational. The webmaster is installing classic word press ( I hate block form), and then I will get to work loading stuff including videos and past posts crossed over from my web 3.0 collection at http://phibetaiota.net. I got a lovely, brilliant interview with Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton today viewable here. The protocol …

Stephen E. Arnold: On Complexity, Stupid Computers, Worthless Big Data, and Total Surveillance . . More Fuel for the Web 3.0 Fire!

8 Complexity Analysis Underscores a Fallacy in the Value of Mindless Analysis of Big Data A Business Case for Search in the Time of Covid and the SolarWinds Misstep Facial Recognition? Old Hat. Now It Is Behavioral Recognition Google and Microsoft in Australia: Ripping the Fabric of Some of the Internet? Phi Beta Iota: Arnold …

Stephen E. Arnold: SolarWinds Misstep — Who Else Went Off the Cliff?

The SolarWinds Misstep: Who Else Walked Off the Cliff? “Hack Said to Extend Beyond SolarWinds” is a troubling “real” news story. The idea that bad actors may have gained access to commercial and government servers for more than a year was troubling. According to the write up, the data breach has another dimension: Close to …