So the Criminal hackers have to get more sophisticated as some networks are patching their devices. You must have heard of the Casino that got breached through a thermometer in the fish tank? We get excited with new capabilities of Internet connectivity. But unfortunately we forget that a Cybersecurity weak device can open doors … Read more
How can we improve the odds of finding a criminal hacker in our networks? (My old blogpost in 2017 discusses some threats in your network “Insider Threats: No1 Cybersecurity Problem” in case you want to review) A great video on this topic is the following Irongeek.com video from BSides Charm2018 In this part of the … Read more
(Image from cartoonstock.com) I found interesting how we are moving toward more robotic capabilities without the understanding of the Cyber Criminal potential mischief. Inc.com story about a new AI “feature” of Google Apparently Google AI can make calls with a very convincing human voice, so now Cyber criminals will up their game. I … Read more
To answer this question logically and truthfully we have to go back to how computers have evolved and connected to each other. During WW2 the beginning stages of electronic machines tabulating artillery tables faster and more accurately than humans (Colossus mark 1 and 2) (public Domain picture) As the computers evolved more and more effort … Read more
Good YouTube video: “Rise of the Miners Josh Grunzweig” Ransomware is no longer a viable method of making money for the criminals, since Bitcoin is worth a lot of money, and it would be difficult to get people to pay for their ransomed computers. So the Criminals have moved to Cryptomining. The cryptominers have infected … Read more