Those who know me are probably at least vaguely aware that I am a consultant with the FDA for cybersecurity in medical devices and recently went to DC to participate in a forum regarding the release of vulnerability information to patients. Last night, I received an...
In August (yes, it took me this long to blog about it), Chris and I attended two “hacker” conferences in balmy Las Vegas (I don’t know who decided these things should be in the desert in August…), Black Hat and Defcon. I wanted to introduce...
Have you gotten it yet? I’m talking about the phishing email (if you don’t know what phishing is, look back at this article) claiming that a hacker has stolen your password, sent you an email from your own email account, turned on your webcam, and recorded...
By June Shores By now most people know you could get infected by ransomware by clicking on a malicious link in an email. But did you know you could get hit by ransomware just by browsing to an infected website? This is called a drive-by download. It’s called that...
By Lisa Gilbert When it comes to Cyber Warfare, biology is not on our side. This doesn’t mean you’re off the hook for the dumb things your brain might do that make you vulnerable to cyber criminals, but it does mean you need to learn to be extra vigilant....
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