Cyber Defense is Hard and NOT Glamerous
Whereas Hacking is hard but includes a level of cool factor in the world (criminal or ethical). A new report came out yesterday from Rand.org: http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1024.html It is a PDF…
Hackers Find Ways to Attack
It seems to me there is a large disconnect of how a hacker does their work. There are lot of youtube videos with hackers showing how they have hacked something.…
The iPhone TxT msg – Latest Security ‘Problem’
This “bug” that is now a kind of DOS (Denial of Service) attack is indicative of many Security problems that we have currently. There is a specific problem when somebody…
Cisco VNI Says 3x More Data by 2019
Cisco’s survey of Global network traffic is being reviewed by Network Daily, so I thought I would discuss some of its ramifications for IT security. White paper link: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/service-provider/visual-networking-index-vni/white_paper_c11-520862.pdf Network…
Are We Falling Behind on Patching Computers?
I.e. Bruce Schneier quote: Can we patch vulnerabilities faster than attackers can exploit them? The University of maryland, College park has a website project: https://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~tdumitra/blog/2015/04/15/impact-of-shared-code-on-vulnerability-patching/ In my opinion the crux…