RFI Vulnerability Lesson: Beware of Who You (try to) Hack

Beware of Who You Hack

Isn’t it rewarding when a fellow security professional posts about an attempted hack of his personal website that he turned into a lesson in website security? And in the end, hacked the hacker? That’s exactly what happened with Larry Cashdollar, a senior security response engineer at Akamai. Cashdollar noticed something peculiar in the logs on … Read more

What the Russian Indictment teaches us about cybersecurity.

cybercrime and cybersecurity

Aside from the sensationalism of alleged espionage by a foreign power, the cybercrime accusations listed in the Mueller investigation’s indictment document should be a warning to businesses everywhere. It’s an object lesson in “this could happen to you” cybersecurity. Russian cyberwarfare notwithstanding, nation state attacks on US entities are common. The US CERT site has … Read more

WiFi Vulnerability & the KRACK Infiltration: Tips from Techs

By now, you’ve heard of the KRACK WPA2 infiltration of WiFi. Basically, a vulnerability in the WPA2, the standard for most WiFi communications between your mobile phone, computer and anything else that connects to a wireless access point, is a wide-open door for cyber attackers. When a cyber attacker exploits the WiFi vulnerability, they can … Read more