Review: Midwest Supplies ‘Beer. Simply Beer.’ Brewing Kit

Everything (well, almost everything) you need in one box so you can make five gallons of beer, complete with instructions to make it simple, for just 50 bucks. The post Review: Midwest Supplies ‘Beer. Simply Beer.’ Brewing Kit appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Review: Midwest Supplies ‘Beer. Simply Beer.’ Brewing Kit

Defending a Decade of Phishing and Cybercrime

With holiday shopping season in full swing, many of us are feeling just like the guy in the song, “The 12 Pains of Christmas.”  I have my own two personal pains with the holidays, and I am still deciding which one is more annoying: Elf on the Shelf, or, the mountain of phishing emails I have…

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Defending a Decade of Phishing and Cybercrime

With holiday shopping season in full swing, many of us are feeling just like the guy in the song, “The 12 Pains of Christmas.”  I have my own two personal pains with the holidays, and I am still deciding which one is more annoying: Elf on the Shelf, or, the mountain of phishing emails I have…

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Threat Detection: What Goes Into a Successful Strategy?

The cat’s officially out of the bag when it comes to threat detection: The majority of the industry simply isn’t satisfied with its current solutions. In fact, 76% of respondents in a recent RSA survey indicated that they were not confident in their ability to detect and investigate threats to their environment. Where did matters…

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Living With The Hacker-Industrial Complex

At one of my previous cybersecurity jobs, I received a frantic call from a man whose production company had just been hit with a massive breach. The company’s main summer release was in final post-production when it was hacked, and within a day had over 100,000 downloads. It hadn’t crossed anyone’s mind that the company’s…

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Cybercrime in Social Media Grows 70% in Six Months

These days, all you need to do is type “botnet,” “hacking,” “DDoS,” “CVV2,” or any other cybercrime-related term into the search bar on most social media platforms, and you will find a plethora of fraud activity occurring in plain sight.  As reported earlier this year by RSA, social media has become a breeding ground for cybercrime-related…

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