Creating secure devices for the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) and subsequent explosion of connected devices have created a world of opportunities we might never have anticipated. But have these new …
Facebook testing new features to prevent user harassment
Facebook is testing three new features that should help prevent or at least minimize harassment of users on its platform. The first will alert users if someone tries to …
The things you discover when you test RF networks
In my work as a penetration tester for SureCloud, I’m often asked to look at unusual, out-of-the-ordinary vulnerabilities. This was the case when a major UK financial …
How tax fraud occurs and how to stay safe
The IRS is now taking up to 21 days to review a tax return. Last year, a similar tax return took seven days to review, according to iovation. This increase of taking up to …
How to block malicious macros for good?
Microsoft is finally doing something about the increasing threat of malicious macros: it has added a new feature in Office 2016 that will block macros from loading in certain …
Investigating exploit kits: Clear and present danger
Nick Biasini is the Outreach Engineer at Cisco Talos. He has researched a wide range of topics including exploit kits and various malware campaigns being distributed through …
5 key questions to determine your security posture
To understand any businesses’ security posture, one must first understand the eight categories of cybersecurity that is impacted: security intelligence, fraud, people, …
Privacy by Design: What it is and where to build it
People tend to think about privacy in terms of the individual, but it is also critically important for the proper functioning of any business organization. This is being made …
Detect observation and evade theft of sensitive data
Jacob Torrey is an Advising Research Engineer at Assured Information Security, where he leads the Computer Architectures group. He has worked extensively with low-level x86 …
McAfee uses web beacons that can be used to track and serve advertising to users
A test of seven OEM laptops running Windows has shown consistent privacy and security issues, including an interesting revelation that the McAfee Antivirus running on six of …
Why the next wave of cybersecurity talent won’t have a ‘security’ job title
Over the past five years, we’ve witnessed the state of cybersecurity become chaotic – and, quite frankly, grim – across a variety of industries. Hotels, financial …
Security concerns over connected devices mask the greater threat
The popular and sometimes controversial Shodan search engine made some changes recently that drew attention mostly of the latter variety. If you are not familiar with Shodan, …