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The Great Russia Hack 3: The Solarwinds Story
If you’ve been following along, then you know that Russian hackers slipped malware into Solarwinds updates that went out to 18,000 corporate customers and government agencies last year. I hear you saying, whoa, slow down, cowboy! The hackers “slipped malware” into the…
The Great Russia Hack 2: How’d They Do It?
Forget what you know about hacking. Nation-state hackers work at an entirely different level. Imagine that you get hacked – the bad guys get the password to your mailbox, say. The next step for most hacking attacks is that the bad guys do something that you will…
The Great Russia Hack 1: Some Background About Cyber Warfare
Last month we discovered that Russian hackers have been running malware for almost a year in network servers used by thousands of large US companies and government agencies. It’s the largest espionage hack in history. As far as we know. We have all been suffering from…
Rules For Computer And Online Safety 2021
These are the rules for computer and online safety in 2021. Only your vigilance will protect you against bad guys. You will be safe if you are cautious. Stop and think before you click on links, before you call unfamiliar phone numbers, before you install programs,…
The Joy Of Science
I want you to read an extraordinary letter about science. I teared up when I read it a couple of days ago, although, granted, that’s not a high bar – as I get older, I get teary watching The Great British Baking Show, and truly emotional moments (the end of Pixar…
Bruceb News Continues On Hiatus Until The End Of 2020
I can’t wait until 2020 finally ends! You look puzzled – oh, I understand! A lot of people weren’t expecting the epilogue to 2020, which will continue for another week or so. Think of it as a hangover following a particularly unpleasant night of anger-drinking and…
Hope Is Being Able To See That There Is Light Despite All Of The Darkness
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu Yesterday there was a terrorist attack against the United States by armed insurrectionists occupying Capitol buildings at the direction of the President. And I am more hopeful…
The 2020 Bruceb News Year In Review
We made it to the end of 2020! Almost done with Season 4 of the miniseries from hell, “The Decline And Fall Of The American Trumpire.” The next 29 days will move at a pace that makes glaciers look speedy, just like the last nine months. The best we can hope is that…
Robert Bork & Hipster Antitrust
In the last article I said that the Facebook lawsuits “will be difficult to win under the standards used in antitrust cases for the last few decades.” Rather precise phrasing, eh? It’s a literary trick called foreshadowing. I hope you felt the dramatic tension rise…
The Facebook Antitrust Lawsuits
We have to talk about antitrust. That’s a cliché, of course – every blogger that wants attention knows that “antitrust” is guaranteed clickbait, a real audience-grabber. There might be other things on your mind, what with a pandemic still spiking and the holidays…