TAP Into Technology Blog

Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Transportation Hacking Headaches

No, we are not going to be talking about Steve Martin’s 1987 classic, Planes, Trains & Automobiles. That movie played off of frustratingly slow transportation around the holidays, giving Martin and...

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Gearbit Insights on IT Performance Analysis in Complex Environments

Gearbit has pioneered the “Think Like a Packet” approach to IT performance analysis – a methodology that offers tremendous advantages when hunting down the root cause of the complex issues that...

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Intrusion Detection 101: Rinse and Repeat

I am a long time skeptic when it comes to blacklists and other forms of signature based detection mechanisms. The information security industry has also declared the signature based anti-virus...

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Cyber Phishing- $46.7M Stolen from One Company

What is known as “CEO fraud” and “business email compromise” is costing companies and individuals millions. Just ask Ubiquiti Network’s Inc. who recently suffered a devasting $46,700,000.00 fraud....

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Hacktivism: Should it Really be on Your Radar in 2015?

Back in 2012, Verizon labeled 2011 as the year of the hacktivist, as 58% of all data stolen was the result of hacktivism attacks. Attention seems to have shifted to cybercrime at the enterprise...

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Why Risk Traffic Overload? Anchor Firewalls with a Network TAP

As any InfoSec professional will tell you, traffic spikes can have a big effect on the performance of key security appliances including firewalls, advanced threat detection systems, forensic data...

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