July 12, 2019, Fernando Corbató, nicknamed “Corby,” passed away at the age of 93. Corby was a pioneer in computer technology. Having developed a computer time-sharing system, his Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) paved the way for modern computing to be what it is today. From allowing multiple people to use a computer at the same time, to having induvial user accounts … [Read more...]
How MSPs Can Differentiate with Secure Wi-Fi
The Wi-Fi market is one of the most established and mature in the broader IT landscape. Wi-Fi vendors produce highly similar product offerings with highly similar capabilities, making it increasingly challenging for managed service providers (MSPs) to differentiate themselves in a crowded field of wireless service competitors. Fortunately, there’s a clear answer to this … [Read more...]
Targeting New Hires Makes for Easy Pawnage
Generic social engineering attacks may affect a few people but a targeted attack with specific company details are much more effective. Stephanie “Snow” Carruthers, who works for IBM X-Force Red as a social engineering tester, goes into how she gathers information to start a social engineering attack in this article. Unethical social engineers often use social media to … [Read more...]
Building a Badge
Every year at the beginning August, hackers and security enthusiasts from around the world make their annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for the Black Hat, DEF CON and BSides security conferences. Throughout the week, suspicious Wi-Fi networks pop up, ATMs mysteriously go down, and people compete in hacking skills tests called Capture the Flag contests or CTFs. CTF challenges … [Read more...]
How to Enhance Wi-Fi Security Controls for PCI DSS
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a widely accepted and mature information security standard designed to secure credit/debit card transactions and protect cardholders against misuse of their personal information. But, more could be done to help protect against Wi-Fi Layer 2 attacks such as flooding an access point (AP) with de-authentication frames, … [Read more...]
