What is NotPetya? Last time I talked about the backstory of NotPetya, a string of malicious code born from an NSA catalog of software exploits. In this post, I will…
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This blog post originally published in 2018. Fire, Flood, and Cybersecurity In some respects, cybersecurity is not that different than protecting your building against fire or flood. For instance, if…
In recent weeks I’ve been talking about the millennial mobster and the reality that savvy international businesses make up the majority of cybercriminals. This blog post is the final week…
How about a great story about a cybersecurity incursion in the late 20th century? What’s instructive about this one is it has all the essential elements of today’s cyber-attacks: A…
I’m going to answer this question with a question: Did you know there are at least five high-profile cyber battles that have already happened that you can study? Stuxnet –…
“Share prices of breached companies hit a low point approximately 14 market days following a breach. Share prices fall 2.89% on average, and underperform the NASDAQ by -4.6%,” according to…
For routine uses, I recommend “Darik’s Boot and Nuke” (DBAN) using the “DoD Short” method. Darik’s Boot and Nuke – Wikipedia But, if you have any personal information that you…
I’m not sure about Dashlane, but I can help you figure it out. Password managers are under constant attack. You want a team of skilled and motivated people quickly responding…
The motivations for releasing malicious code onto the public Internet fall into four broad categories: Political ambitions of a nation/state: Good examples are NotPetya and Shamoon, both of which are designed to destroy…
As the Shamoon and NotPetya disk wiper malware have shown, an infected computer in a business context can be so compromised that it’s effectively destroyed. In many documented cases, organizations…