This year has brought dramatic and extreme change at every turn. The global COVID-19 pandemic has transformed business and life as we know it, accelerating the move to remote operations where employees work outside the protection of the corporate firewall. As we look ahead at what 2021 has in store with our annual cybersecurity predictions, we know cyber criminals will adapt to … [Read more...]
Open RAN Will Define the Future of 5G Expansion but Security Questions Remain
The decoupling of hardware and software in the telecom industry has opened several technological possibilities while concurrently introducing new threats. An exciting change to the industry, with the opportunity to make Radio Access Network (RAN) architecture more dynamic in terms of vendor choice and software upgradability. The need for structure and compatibility for future … [Read more...]
I am not worried about my Wi-Fi!
If you have read our recent Internet Security Report you will see there is a rise in probe requests over public Wi-Fi. Penetration testing tools are getting more sophisticated, it’s becoming easier for cyber criminals to eavesdrop and steal personal information from people over Wi-Fi. If we look at the original Mark I pineapple from Hak5 when it was first released, it was … [Read more...]
US Justice Department Makes One Billion Dollar Drug Related Seizure
Over the last few years, the US justice department has been tracking Bitcoin that was associated with the dark-web marketplace Silk Road. Silk Road allowed its users to buy and sell illegal drugs, weapons, and services that you might expect in a criminal marketplace. In 2013, the US department of justice arrested and ultimately convicted the founder of the marketplace, Ross … [Read more...]
Data Breaches, A Thorn in Both Your Side and Mine
Green fingered individuals looking to share tips or expand their knowledge on growing the “Kind Bud” on the website GrowDiaries may be disappointed to discover their data was left vulnerable. The information left exposed by two Kibana applications, each connected to an Elasticsearch database, risked exposure of account credentials and IP addresses. GrowDiaries … [Read more...]
