This is hot off the press. Yesterday Malwarebytes announced a beta of a new anti-crypto software product designed to stop CryptoWall4, CryptoLocker, Tesla, and CTB-Locker. You can download the beta here.
According to Malwarebytes:
Continue Reading →“Malwarebytes Anti-Ransomware monitors all activity in the computer and identifies actions which are typical of ransomware activity. It keeps track of all activity and, once it has enough ...
I recently had my second interview with freelancer Carolyn Heinze, and the questions were so interesting I decided to replicate the interview in a couple of posts this week.
From: Carolyn Heinze
Subject: Interview Request – tED Magazine
Dear Bob,
I interviewed you a while back for an article on ransomware that appeared in ChannelPro. I’m working on another article for which I thought you’d make a great source. Here’s the scoop:
I am writing an article on cyber security, and more specifically, ...
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Another story from my friends at Miller Bros Auto Repair in Somerset Wisconsin
Continue Reading →Qantas is the only major airline that has never had an accident. Apparently, after every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a ‘gripe sheet’, which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems; document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.
Never let ...
A virtual private network, or VPN, is a type of network computer connection that creates a private encrypted communications channel, commonly called a “tunnel,” when using insecure networks, such as in hotels and coffee shops, or when communicating over the Internet. Many businesses provide a VPN connection for their mobile and traveling employees. This means that when out of the office, a worker can open the VPN and be connected to ...
I will be presenting a cybersecurity Lunch and Learn event that is sponsored by St Paul SCORE, Wells Fargo Bank, and Computer Integration Technologies, Inc. You can register here. This event is open to the public. I hope to see you there!
There are many online accounts that would be bad to lose control of, such as your Amazon, eBay, PayPal, or bank account. But by the far the worst account to lose is your email account. If I can trick you into giving me your email user ID and password, by using a phishing email, or phone pretext call, I will be in. I can start off by simply observing, as I read your ...
This post is a shout out to my peers in the cybersecurity profession, and especially those who would like to join us. I found these sites in two separate posts on Checkmarx blog. I have not had an opportunity to try them all out, but they are on my to do list. Most of these sites involve compromising intentionally vulnerable web ...
Baby is cold outside. The Vikings muffed it again. We need some humor to brighten our lives. Here you are:
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Quick answer: Yes it can! A recent article in Bloomberg goes deeply into this subject, and reveals the experiences of a white hat hacker named Billy Rios. Billy and many others in the profession had been hired by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota in 2013 to try to hack all the medical devices in the hospital that were connected to the network. ...
American students are not learning how to write computer code, at least not at the rate that is typical in other countries such as India and China. This is extremely bad news for the U.S. economy over the long term; we are not teaching enough computer coders to fill existing jobs, much less future jobs. And more to the point, this is where ...