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The value of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies seems to vary a bit. Three months ago, Bitcoin was trading at about $47,000 and today it is trading at about $21,000. But, while that could be a big problem for some speculators, that is not what I am concerned about. The core behind all of the…
Banking Social Engineering Scams are Alive and Well
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The easiest way for hackers to steal your money is to get you to help them do it. We are seeing attacks where the victim gets a text message supposedly from their bank about a potentially fraudulent transaction and asking the victim if it is legitimate. If the victim answers, the hacker goes into high…
The Risk of BYOD – Non-Managed Devices
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Many companies allow, encourage and/or require employees to use personally owned devices. While it seems that, at least in the short term, this is a money saving and morale boosting move, in the long term, it may be an existential threat to the company. In this post we are going to use one company who…
Will You be the Last to Know?
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External attack surface management tools (EASM) allow anyone to get a sense of your security prep without your permission or even your knowledge. Who uses EASM tools? Your competitors against you, your customers to decide if they want to do business with you, members of the public, your insurance carrier to decide if they want…
Lessons to Learn from the MGM-Caesars Breach
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The breaches of both MGM and Caesars were not high tech; they were pure social engineering attacks. That means that you can harden your company and your information likely for very little money. While this is early in the game, there are some easy lessons to learn here. Here are some key takeaways from the…
Technical Debt
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Are you managing your technical debt? Do you even understand what technical debt is? Does your management and Board (if there is one) understand that unaddressed technical debt is like a bottle of nitroglycerin just waiting to be jarred in the wrong way. And we just saw a massive example (as in their technical debt…