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How do you stop bullets using the lightest material possible? This question has inspired a string of fascinating breakthroughs from material scientists in pursuit of advanced lightweight armor that keeps foot soldiers agile and vehicles light… Continue reading Bulletproof metal foam could make military vehicles lighter and more efficient
For almost the past month, key computer systems serving the government of Baltimore, Md. have been held hostage by a ransomware strain known as “Robbinhood.” Media publications have cited sources saying the Robbinhood version that hit Baltimore city computers was powered by “Eternal Blue,” a hacking tool developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and leaked online in 2017. But new analysis suggests that while Eternal Blue could have been used to spread the infection, the Robbinhood malware itself contains no traces of it. Continue reading Report: No ‘Eternal Blue’ Exploit Found in Baltimore City Ransomware
Many corporate employees are ready to store highly sensitive data in the cloud. However, many are still skeptical of the security posture of their own organizations, according to an Armor poll that fielded responses from 37,000 Twitter users over a 13-… Continue reading Organizations feel ready to put highly sensitive data in the cloud
Armor announced that Mark Woodward has joined Armor’s leadership team as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Armor founder and former CEO Chris Drake is stepping into the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) role as product strategist and evangelist and will cont… Continue reading Mark Woodward joins Armor as CEO
It looks like a tube made of glass but it’s actually aluminum. Well, aluminum with an asterisk beside it — this is not elemental aluminum but rather a material made using it.
We got onto the buzz about “transparent aluminum” as a result of a Tweet from whence the image above came. This Tweet was posted by [Jo Pitesky], a Science Systems Engineer at the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena. [Jo] reported that at a recent JPL technology open house she had the chance to handle a tube of material that looks for all the world like a section of …read more
For three months, Armor’s Threat Resistance Unit (TRU) research team compiled and analyzed data from the black market to shed light on the type of activity threat actors are participating in and how underground forums operate in the burgeoning industry… Continue reading A look inside the big business of cybercrime
Like most accidents, it happened in an instant that seemed to last an eternity. I had been felling trees for firewood all afternoon, and in the waning light of a cold November day, I was getting ready to call it quits. There was one tiny little white pine sapling left that I wanted to clear, no thicker than my arm. I walked over with my Stihl MS-290, with a brand new, razor sharp chain. I didn’t take this sapling seriously — my first mistake — and cut right through it rather than notching it. The tree fell safely, and I …read more
Jeff Schilling, CSO of Armor transitioned after a 24-year career in the Army. Career experiences in running a multi-million dollar PnL, Jeff joins us to talk about Cloud based security, incident response. and how he transitioned from the Army into Secu… Continue reading Jeff Schilling, CSO of Armor – Enterprise Security Weekly #72
In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2017, Chris Drake, CEO at Armor, talks about the difference between security of the cloud and security in the cloud. Here’s a transcript of the podcast for your convenience. I’m Christ Drake, founder and CEO of Armor. We are a cloud cybersecurity services company and I wanted to talk today about the things that I’m seeing in the industry and around public cloud, and some of the … More → Continue reading Understanding your responsibility and security in the cloud
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2017, Chris Drake, CEO at Armor, talks about the frustration that he sees in the cybersecurity industry as he continues to meet CIOs and CISOs in the field. Here’s a transcript of the podcast for your convenience. This is Chris Drake. I am the founder and the CEO of Armor. You can find more about us at armor.com. I just wanted to have a conversation with you about … More → Continue reading Protecting data isn’t optional: What frustrates CIOs and CISOs?