Hey everyone - Information breaches are common nowadays. It almost seems like we have grown immune to them. They can happen for a variety of different reasons and can happen on purpose or inadvertently. I want to talk about one that I stumbled across while pursuing through news articles, because I think it raises some interesting points.
Monday, November 30, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
On The "First" Linux Ransomware
Hey everyone - This is a little dated at this point, but I thought it would be interesting to talk about the first piece of Linux ransomware to make news. Ransomware is somewhat old news on Windows, but this is the first time I have heard about it on Linux. I suppose there is a first time for everything. Let's discuss it.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Domain Fronting and You
Hey everyone - I was reading some articles, and I came across a paper on something called Domain Fronting. I wanted to talk a little bit about it because it seems like an interesting way to hide in plain sight.
Monday, November 9, 2015
On The Security of the Linux Kernel
Hey everyone - This week, I wanted to talk a little bit about an article I recently read in the Washington Post about the inherent "insecurity" of the Linux kernel due to the attitude of its creator, Linus Torvalds. I think the article is worth a read because I believe it touches on an interesting concept that I believe is one of the underpinnings of information security: the security of a system should not be determined by each of its individual parts, but rather, the security of those parts as a whole.
Monday, November 2, 2015
Credit Downgrade for Lack of Cyber Security?
Hey everyone. I am a big proponent of consequences for those that shirk their responsibility to protect data that they collect. It looks like S&P wants to hold banks accountable for loose information security practices. Let's talk about it.
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