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Dark Patterns and the Law
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Dark patterns are techniques that web site operators, typically, use to make it more difficult to choose one option than another. For example, try to close your Amazon account or your Facebook account. It used to be that you had to call Amazon and they would try and talk you out of it. Now you…
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…
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…
Draft Kings Attack Recommendations
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Some users of the sports betting site Draft Kings discovered that they were locked out of their betting account and, more importantly, their bank accounts were drained. Learn how this happened and what you can do to minimize this risk. Note that this is attack is not limited to Draft Kings or sports book sites….
Is Blockchain Secure
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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…
What is Required for CMMC Level 1 Compliance?
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Over the last couple of years we have talked a lot about what is required for CMMC Level 2 certification, but a lot more companies will need to be CMMC Level 1 certified. What is required for this?