Computers seem to be virtually limitless in their abilities – they can send and receive digital information, serve content via many defined protocols, compute algorithms much faster than a human can, and even provide countless hours of fun and entertainment. One very common use of computers is indeed serving content to consumers, a technological concept known as client / server … [Read more...]
What to Know About Programming Languages
This article is going to expand on this past post just a tad. By that I mean I will cover what differentiates higher-level application and programming languages (Python or C) and lower-level programming languages (machine language and assembly language) – nothing too extensive, just more for a clearer understanding of what to know about programming languages work – as this … [Read more...]
Vaporworms – The Top Threat of 2019?
Anyone that’s been paying attention knows that fileless malware has been on the rise for the past few years. But, did you know that we’re likely to see this infamous threat transform in new and menacing ways this year? Enter the Vaporworm. Just a few short months ago, the WatchGuard Threat Lab predicted that 2019 would be the year we’d see a new breed of fileless malware with … [Read more...]
202 Million Resumes Leaked
One of the largest data breaches yet is not from a company in the US, and GDPR doesn't apply since they are outside the European Union. On December 28 last year, Bob Diachenko from Hackern.io found 202,730,434 private resumes from Chinese citizens on a database without any authentication protecting it. This database ran on a MongoDB instance hosted on Amazon AWS. The breach … [Read more...]
The Move to Managed Services is Reshaping the Security Market – Here’s How
The information security space is one of the most volatile and unpredictable industries in existence. This isn’t hyperbole. Swarms of new, sophisticated threats emerge each day, and in just the first half of 2018, fewer than 1,000 breaches racked up more than 4.5 billion compromised data records. All it takes is one data breach to sink a business for good. In response, … [Read more...]
