News broke this week highlighting the use of a nearly two-decade old Wi-Fi hacking technique called an Evil Twin attack. Despite being a known attack vector, Evil Twin attacks remain difficult to prevent without the proper protections in place. In the following article, we’ll detail how Russian hackers used this technique to infiltrate Wi-Fi networks, and how to defend against … [Read more...]
A Crash Course in Cyber Insurance
The road of life is paved with obstacles. While some are anticipated, there’s always a chance a serious, unexpected hazard could be lingering around the next corner. We’ve accepted that there are inherent risks in business and life, and even constructed an entire industry to mitigate them – insurance. Car, health and business insurance immediately jump to mind when discussing … [Read more...]
Digital Authentication Through the Decades
Authentication has taken many forms throughout history. From early signals and passphrases delivered verbally, to the emergence of various password approaches and beyond – weaknesses within each of these methods were quickly uncovered, calling for additional security adjustments in subsequent iterations. Why does all this matter? In order to understand the critical role digital … [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...]
Facebook is Sharing “Shadow Contact Information” with Advertisers
Facebook did not have a good week last week and details are still coming. At the start of the week, Facebook users found that Facebook uses "shadow contact information" from 2-factor authentication and friends phonebooks to target advertisements to users. Later in the week, Facebook announced that at least 50 million users accounts were compromised through a series of … [Read more...]
