Controversy over social media giant TikTok has continued to soar in 2020. In July, WatchGuard CTO Corey Nachreiner explained the true personal privacy and security risks associated with using such foreign-based apps in the first segment of a two-part series for Forbes. His newly published second installment explores the potential dangers from a national security … [Read more...]
GRUB2 Boot Hole Breaks Secure Boot For Now
On Wednesday of this week, Eclypsium released a report on a vulnerability in GRUB2 that affects millions of devices with few exceptions. Normally used on a Linux system, GRUB2 accepts control from the UEFI secure boot process and starts bootup programs as well as the computers OS if it has one. This level of control over the system before the OS boots allows GRUB2 and anyone … [Read more...]
Garmin Suffers Massive WastedLocker Ransomware Attack
Last Thursday, the GPS and smartwatch firm Garmin suffered what was allegedly a massive, system-wide ransomware attack, forcing them to take down all of their services ranging from their apps to their support call centers. While Garmin has been tight-lipped as to the cause of the outage, multiple publications have reported that the company was targeted by WastedLocker, a … [Read more...]
US Court Details State Sponsored Hackers From China
According to the indictment from the Eastern District of Washington, for at least the last 10 years hacker’s Li and Dong, sponsored by China, targeted US and international businesses including COVID-19 research and a chat app used by protestors in Hong Kong. In all, these men targeted companies in 11 countries. China won't extradite them, so they might not see any jailtime, but … [Read more...]
Innovative Social Distancing Technology for the Post COVID-19 Pandemic
What is the new normal? One of the biggest challenges facing businesses today is navigating the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. Opening and keeping businesses going while minimizing the risk to employees has meant that most companies have adopted new ways of working, often leading their offices, factories, retail stores and other facilities more or less empty.Management … [Read more...]
