Collaborate Disseminate
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to speak at SecTor on a topic that I’ve been interested in bringing attention to for a while, the shifting IoT market. You can view the entire presentation online; however, I was asked if the checklist that … Continue reading IoT Purchasing Checklist
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s November 2018 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-805 on Wednesday, November 14th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2018-8589… Continue reading VERT Threat Alert: November 2018 Patch Tuesday Analysis
Everyone knows that it’s not a matter of if your private information will be breached. It’s a matter of when. I don’t have much of an expectation of privacy these days. A search in the Amazon application on my iPhone means that I̵… Continue reading Statistics Canada Asks for Banking Information of 500,000 Canadians
Back in July, I wrote about the sextortion scam that had been circulating for a while. A new wave was spreading, and I’d seen multiple people taking about it on my Facebook, so I figured putting pen to paper (I suppose today that is fingers to ke… Continue reading YAPBS – Yet Another Password Breach Scam
Disclaimer: Due to a lack of originality over at Google, it’s difficult to anthropomorphize Google Assistant, so our story will be limited to Siri, Alexa and Cortana. Secondary Disclaimer: The horror begins now! As we hit Halloween, I couldn̵… Continue reading The Revenge of the AI Assistants
From The Walking Dead to Stranger Things, TV heroes know a thing or two about building up defenses. However, things never seem to work out as planned in the cyber world, as Greg Hyland demonstrates in this comic. This Halloween, remember that, just lik… Continue reading The Cyber World Is Scary Enough. Have You Built Security in All the Right Places?
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s October 2018 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-800 on Wednesday, October 10th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2018-8453 T… Continue reading VERT Threat Alert: October 2018 Patch Tuesday Analysis
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s September 2018 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-796 on Wednesday, September 12th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2… Continue reading VERT Threat Alert: September 2018 Patch Tuesday Analysis
In this third installment of #TripwireBookClub, we look at “Gray Hat Python,” written by Justin Seitz and published by No Starch Press. I had the opportunity to briefly meet Justin at CanSecWest the year this book was published, which only … Continue reading #TripwireBookClub – Gray Hat Python
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s August 2018 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-792 on Wednesday, August 15th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2018-8373 A v… Continue reading VERT Threat Alert: August 2018 Patch Tuesday Analysis