More on the saga of Equifax, or, "How not to do IT". So, more has come out on how the debacle that is Equifax IT came about. First, what went wrong, and then the who. The chronology can be read here . In addition to that, the basic problem is noted: "The software problem was detected in March and a recommended software patch was released shortly afterward. Equifax said the database intrusion began in May and continued until July. Security experts said Equifax had more tha...

  "A version of CCleaner downloaded in August included remote administration tools that tried to connect to several unregistered web pages, presumably to download additional unauthorized programs, security researchers at Cisco’s Talos unit said. Talos researcher Craig Williams said it was a sophisticated attack because it penetrated an established and trusted supplier in a manner similar to June’s “NotPetya” attack on companies that downloaded infected Ukr...

  No, Gordon [Gekko]: Greed is not good. Google really should learn this...and be responsible as to just who and what come up as valid search results, especially when they get first place result because of advertising dollars. "Darknetmarkets.org, for all intents and purposes, is a "real" website. Its logo looks to be made of chopped-up cocaine, and the site is filled with legitimate-seeming resources for anybody  looking to buy drugs on the darknet . News articles populate its...

  Not good news, folks. Equifax was breached...and potentially, the financial data of 143 million folks... "While the  massive breach that Yahoo revealed last year  involved more accounts, topping 1 billion, that intrusion exposed people's phone numbers and passwords. Equifax said its breach includes “names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers.”  The company added that credit card ...