Back on August 31 I received an email from the Department of Homeland Security about a set of FTC recommendations for people using rental cars. I have experienced this issue myself. Basically, it is simple and relatively convenient to connect a smartphone to the smart vehicle’s infotainment system in order to enjoy hands free phone calls, stored musical tracks, and the phone’s navigation application. The problem is that the car ...
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. This was released by US-CERT, and I thought it was worth posting.
Continue Reading →“October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign to raise awareness about cybersecurity. In partnership with DHS, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) has released the first in a series of tips focused on helping people protect their online activities and ...
We have written about Stuxnet a couple of times. (Here and here) My fascination with this incredible piece of malware writing is that it represents the first documented case of cyber war between nation-states. As we now know, Iran, specifically the nuclear facility at Natanz, was attacked by the United States, and our ally Israel. I recently watched a ...
This is not a new story, and I decided not to write about it when this “sale” of pilfered NSA hacking tools was offered last August by a group identified as the Shadow Brokers. But this story has taken an amusing turn, so I have included it in a Tuesday post.
The stolen trove of NSA goodies was originally offered as a ...
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When I am doing a cybersecurity presentation, someone is bound to ask about the Dark Web. What is it, exactly, and how does someone get there? The how part we discussed on Friday. Linux Tails is a great tool for accessing and browsing the Dark Web, should you be so inclined. Before we delve into the Dark Web, let’s talk about the different parts of the web.
You don’t need to be a journalist, freedom fighter, or living under an oppressive political regime to have the desire for some online privacy. Maybe you are trying to put the contents of your life back into the Pandora’s box you opened when you signed up on Facebook. Maybe you would like a little privacy in your online life.
Until recently most cybersecurity efforts focused on prevention, and this created the anti-malware software, firewall and perimeter defense industries. But the fact of the matter is that cyber-attackers are going fly right past your perimeter defense and get into your network via port 80 or 110, firewall ports that are open on every network for email and web browsing. our recommendation is to start managing the consequences of the inevitable security breach. ...