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A Hacker Profile – Who Are They?
I experienced a presentation by the US Secret Service last week, and they provided the common background they’ve identified in attackers:
Continue reading A Hacker Profile – Who Are They?Tesla Will Give a Car to a Hacker if they can Break In
Hackers will compete for prizes from Tesla. In addition to the first winner who gets the car, Tesla also pays… $250,000 if they can hack the autopilot$100,000 if they can hack the modem or tuner$100,000 if they can hack the key fob or phone-as-a-key Microsoft, VMWare, and other companies are offering big prizes to someone […]
Continue reading Tesla Will Give a Car to a Hacker if they can Break InHacker Convention Starts Later This Week
Expect to see an increase in interesting news stories about what can be hacked this week. The big hacker convention DEFCON starts this week and lots of new announcements will be made as part of the program.
Continue reading Hacker Convention Starts Later This WeekAttackers Can Hack Your Phone Without Having Your Phone
Phone operating systems store much of the information that you have in your phone in the cloud too. So, attackers stealing information from your phone can be as simple as gaining access to that data in the cloud. Additionally,
Continue reading Attackers Can Hack Your Phone Without Having Your PhoneIf Someone Impersonates You on Facebook
Twice recently, I’ve been contacted by executives who explain that someone was impersonating them on Facebook. They used my friends’ own pictures, sent messages, posted information, and everything was very inappropriate. Each friend asked what to do, and here is the answer in case this happens to you…
Continue reading If Someone Impersonates You on FacebookHow To Know if a Password Attack Succeeded
Last week, you saw an example of a list of passwords that an attacker used to attack a server more than 41,000 times. But the worst part was the server that underwent a short attack…
Continue reading How To Know if a Password Attack SucceededNo Flash Attacks After June 30
Starting June 30, 2016, Google will no longer accept advertisements that use Flash. What this means: Better security for you and your organization. You needn’t buy anything or change anything. It will all happen automatically.
Continue reading No Flash Attacks After June 30This Hacker Tells All
CNN Money just published an insightful interview with a hacker. You may find it interesting. Read the interview by entering this search phrase into Google: My hack stole your credit card site:money.cnn.com Forward this to your friends who want to discover this hacker’s point of view on attacking tens of thousands of companies…
Continue reading This Hacker Tells AllHacking Easier than Protection
The shocking truth: In some ways, it is easier to hack systems than it is to protect them. There are many automated tools that greatly simplify the art of hacking
Continue reading Hacking Easier than ProtectionDon’t Get Tricked
Those sites that say you can look to see if someone is on AshleyMadison.com, they are probably scams. Those sites that say they will update you to Windows 10, they are scams. That email from your boss that says to quietly transfer money, they are scams too. Avoid getting viruses, keep your computer from being […]
Continue reading Don’t Get TrickedRecent Blog Posts
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- Emergency Update if Your IT Team Uses SolarWinds Products, and How to Protect Against Supply Chain Attacks
- Your 2021 Budget Should Accurately Differentiate IT Expenses from Cyber Risk Management.
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