Phone phreaking refers to the exploration of phone systems and networks to discover how they work. It also refers to the exploitation of telephone lines and systems in order to make free long distance calls. Like the term “hacking,” it can refer to both the curious and the criminal.
Time to climb into Mr Peabody’s WABAC Machine for our history lesson. Phone phreaking got its start in the ...
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It is widely believed that Satoshi Nakamoto is the inventor of an encryption technique called “blockchain.” I just read a new book by Sarah Westall titled “FIRST: Meet the Inventor of Blockchain” that credits Dr Kelce Wilson as the true inventor of blockchain, a concept he developed between 2000 and 2001 while serving in ...
When I was a self-employed computer repair professional, it used to drive me mad when I got called in on a repair AFTER the customer had taken the computer to the Geek Squad. Their service could be highly variable, and often the original problem was not fixed.
The Geek Squad started as a great little local IT shop founded in Minneapolis by Robert Stephens, ...
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Seems to be a busy summer so far. Barely finished up with WannaCry and now we are dealing with Petya. Here are some useful links
About Petya:
I have followed with great interest the ...
Continue Reading →I was a guest on Sarah Westall’s web radio program, Business Game Changers. The YouTube video is below. It’s 53 minutes, so get a beverage, sit back and enjoy.
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We have reported previously about Operation Hard Copy. This is from the US Department of Justice: The US Marshall’s Service arrested another member of the North Dakota lottery scam in Jamaica recently.
“United States Attorney Chris Myers announced today, that the U.S. Marshals Service, working with Jamaican law enforcement, has located and apprehended another man charged with participating in an international organized crime advance fee “lottery scam” which defrauded at least 90 mostly ...
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I am often asked to explain the difference between a security compliance audit, a vulnerability assessment, and a penetration test. These exercises do many of the same things, but to a different degree. A security compliance audit is like a 5K fun run, where a vulnerabilty assessment is more like a marathon. A penetration test is an iron man competition.
In the course of ...
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US-CERT sent an announcement on May 9th about new resources for small and medium size business owners and managers. Protecting Small Businesses can be found on the FTC website. It includes information about:
There are also helpful videos about:
Identity theft is a crime that can take years to recover from. One of the early problems for an identity theft victim has been the requirement to file a police report. Many police departments do not devote much effort to identity theft, so sometimes getting the police to actually create a report and provide you with a report number can difficult. If the ...
Russian cyber-criminals are hard to arrest, because there is no extradition treaty between the US and Russia. The Russian government allows them to prosper as long as they do not attack anything in Russia. The Russian government also contracts with these criminal groups when they need some state sponsored hacking done, a la Grizzly Steppe. In Russia, these guys are considered to be just very successful business men. They have achieved ...