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Is Your Industrial Control System Secure? Probably Not
With attacks on critical infrastructure similar to last year’s Ukraine power grid hack on the rise according to recent reports, it’s easy to point blame at the stack of security solutions. We’ve talked about the vulnerable nature of...
Mr. Robot Revisited - Season 2
Last year, I was one of the many viewers transfixed with Mr. Robot, USA networks' hybrid IT-science-thriller show. Both the realism of the character Elliot Anderson as coder/hacker/vigilante and the controlled panic of how cyber security...
Hijacking Healthcare: Is DTSec Regulation the Solution for IoT enabled devices?
The recent jump in cyber attacks against the healthcare industry—especially ransomware attacks—aren’t a coincidence. The reality is that the healthcare industry presents the perfect opportunity for attackers. A balance of valuable personal...
Hacking Education - The Next Soft Target
When you send your precious 5 year old off to Kindergarten this year, not only do you need to worry about bullying, drugs and homework, now add hacking their personal identifiable information (PII) to the list. We’ve read or experienced...
Is There A Difference? Bypass Switch vs. Bypass TAP
I love talking with engineers and CISOs and listening to how they describe situations, devices and challenges within networking. The IT world loves acronyms, tech terms and jargon, but what surprises me is that manufacturers, resellers,...
[SlideShare] Tech Talk 2016: Crapplet, Cat Waxing, and CamelCase
Back by popular demand is my second edition of Tech Talk, were you can learn all about "Crapplets," "Cat Waxing" and other unusually interesting words from the cyber world. In our 2015 post I explained "Smurfing" and "Yak Shaving," and...