Ransomware Intelligence Briefing
Ransomware Intelligence Briefing Media reporting on the WannaCry ransomware campaign has contained exaggeration, bad information, and fear tactics.
Protecting your Kids from Online Threats
As information security professionals, we’re often asked about how to best protect children online.
Five Outdated Security Excuses
The Security Industry as a whole has been known to criticize businesses large and small with respect to how they manage security.
Don’t Forget the Little Things!
On January 31st, Deusen disclosed what was described as a Same Origin Policy Bypass flaw called “Universal XSS” in IE 9 through 11 on Full Disclosure.
Thumb Drives.. Can you tell the difference?
During a physical penetration test, it is not uncommon for the tester to drop usb thumb drives out in the parking lot or someplace within the building.
Oversharing: Who Has Access?
What types of information do you copy to a shared folder? Who has access to the share? This can be a difficult problem within many organizations…
Decoding Security Jargon
Just about any security textbook will begin by describing security using terms such as threats, risks, vulnerabilities, exposures, agents, and so on.
Password Sharing Across Accounts
Over the past few years we have seen a large number of databases get compromised leading to the disclosure of user passwords.
Security Tubthumping
I have a friend who is an alcoholic. A few weeks ago after 5 years of sobriety, she stumbled and had a relapse.
Why Do Phishing As Part of Security Testing
I was recently watching a web cast on incident response and found myself thinking about the cause of the example incident.