Author Archives: James Wright

This is What the Shifting Responsibility of IT Security Looks Like

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Credit card providers protect their users from fraud, making sure they don’t lose out financially when the bad guy strikes. The IT industry needs to start thinking the same way that credit card provider do. It isn’t reasonable to expect the user to pick up the responsibility for IT security. Our patented isolation technology allows user tasks […] Continue reading This is What the Shifting Responsibility of IT Security Looks Like→

The Antivirus Dead Canary Sketch

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Darren Bilby, Google Senior Security Engineer, describes antivirus like a canary in a coal mine. Mathematician Alan Turing proved that AV is an impossible problem in 1936, long before malware existed. Bromium Hardware Task Isolation works because it doesn’t rely on solving the Halting problem. Senior Google Security Engineer Darren Bilby described Antivirus as a […] Continue reading The Antivirus Dead Canary Sketch→

Black Friday Purchases Could Deliver Malware to Your Network

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As shoppers rush out and buy the latest tech for their holiday gift giving – or order them online during Cyber Monday – they will never know the hidden dangers in what they purchased. The Internet of Things is exciting and the cool tech provides some of the most coveted gifts every year but at […] Continue reading Black Friday Purchases Could Deliver Malware to Your Network→

Hacker Mindset: SANS NetWars & Tools of the Trade

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In my ongoing blog series “Hacker Mindset,” I’ll explore an attacker’s assumptions, methods and theory, including how information security professionals can apply this knowledge to increase cyber-vigilance on the systems and networks they steward. In this article, I share my thoughts on NetWars – a live interactive Capture the Flag training exercise at SANS Rocky […]… Read More

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Hacker Mindset: Email Is the Golden Ticket

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In my ongoing blog series “Hacker Mindset,” I’ll explore an attacker’s assumptions, methods and theory, including how information security professionals can apply this knowledge to increase cyber-vigilance on the systems and networks they steward. In this first article, I examine how email provides a tool for hackers to gain a foothold into company networks and […]… Read More

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