Collaborate Disseminate
Much of the focus on WannaCry has been on how it works and what organizations need to do in the near term to recover. It’s important, however, to take a step back and ask ourselves why WannaCry became such a tour-de-force in the first place. After all, the security community has been talking about concepts…
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My last post discussed the changing nature of security. The impact of today’s cyberattacks aren’t limited to stealing financial information or personal data. Instead, these attacks seed chaos. With this reality at hand, the need for business-driven security is even more pronounced. Security professionals must draw connections between the technical details of a security incident…
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Consider… American Authorities are confident that the Russian Government was behind the cyberattack on the Democratic National Committee. Did that attack change the course of the U.S. presidential election? We’ll never know. But it definitely changed the discourse that followed. The idea of a foreign power mounting a cyberattack to undermine a U.S. election went…
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The psychological thriller Mr. Robot, which airs on the USA Network, is a fan favorite among cybersecurity professionals. What differentiates the show from its predecessors in the cyber-thriller genre is the depth of technical research involved in developing each episode. I’ll plan to dissect each episode from a technical perspective, examining the extent to which…
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Unless your home as been inside of a cave for the past week, you’ve certainly heard of Pokemon Go. Scratch that. Even if you have been living inside of a cave, chances are that someone inadvertently walked entered in hopes of locating Pikachu. While the game has become seemingly ubiquitous, you should be cognizant of…
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As we pass the halfway point of 2016, the United States Presidential election process is in full swing. Candidates continue to make the case for why their worldview is in the best interests of the nation. Perhaps no other topic polarizes the candidates and receives more prominence in this context than wealth inequality. Within cybersecurity,…
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