conferences

Think about all the passwords we use to access information every day. Whether it is email, social media, financial institutions or numerous other services, passwords have …

Social engineering has for a while now been cyber attackers’ best bet to enter systems and compromise accounts when actual hacking doesn’t work, or when they …

What are PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications), and how should they be classified in the mobile (specifically Android) environment? PUAs are not technically malware, and …

Most security awareness programs suck. They involve canned video presentations or someone from HR explaining computer use policies. Others are extremely expensive and beyond …

With the advent of smartphones, the word “app” has almost become a synonym for pleasure. Whatever you need, whatever you want is right there at your fingertips, …

Many organizations say they acquire and use security intelligence for the benefit of their organizations – but few actually do this right. While security intelligence is …

Day-Con, Dayton Ohio’s annual hacker conference, celebrated its 7th year last month with a completely re-imagined format: limited seating, invitation only, and …

You can throw lots of time and money at scanning your systems for unknown malware, but the reality is that you will only identify a small portion of the bad stuff. Changing …

Most organizations already have a defense model in place that is meant to protect them from attacks, but the problem is that many use an outdated one. But the threat landscape …

Does the Internet of Things scare you? It probably should. This DerbyCon video discusses why embedded device security is laughably bad, handling vendor notification, and …

In the maritime business, Automated Identification Systems (AIS) are a big deal. They supplement information received by the marine radar system, are used for a wide variety …

In this DerbyCon video, John Strand will demonstrate the Active Defense Harbinger Distribution, a DARPA funded, free Active Defense virtual machine. He will debunk many of the …