When users hear or read “SSH” (the acronym stands for Secure SHell) they expect it to be just that – a secure shell from your physical location to wherever the destination computer may be; and “secured” in terms of requiring authentication and verification of messages. The programming libraries that support SSH include OpenSSH and libssh among others. In recent news, the … [Read more...]
Everything Your Need to Know About SIM-Jacking
Over the past year, we’ve seen reports of SIM-jacking, a particularly malicious attack hackers are using to assume control of victims’ digital and financial lives. What is SIM-jacking and how exactly does it happen? These attacks allow hackers to take over a person’s cell phone number and usually their digital life along with it. Threat actors typically start by social … [Read more...]
From Binary to Character Representations
At the core of every computer system in the world is a CPU which accepts and acts upon streams of 0’s and 1’s. A “0” value is considered off and a “1” value is considered on. Why is this though, why do computers break everything down to these values? Further, how does binary translate from English-speaking countries to non-English speaking countries, or vice versa? Without … [Read more...]
China’s Tiny Chip Hardware Hack Infiltrates U.S. Entities
In recent news, Supermicro is under some heat in the U.S. after multiple reports of its manufactured components containing malicious microchips on their boards. They’re one of the world’s biggest suppliers of server motherboards and does business across the globe. So, what happened that caused this heat? Read on to find out. It seemingly started back in 2015 when … [Read more...]
Medical Device Security Fiasco?
You would think that medical devices, which aid in sustaining health and wellness on many levels, would be focused on security to some extent, right? Well thinking it and it being a reality apparently are not two peas in the same pod. Despite numerous outcries and public demonstrations from cyber security specialists and researchers to medical equipment vendors, and even to the … [Read more...]
