You have your gold in a safe; your birth certificate is in the bank. Where is your company's online identity? What if someone steals your internet domain for a porn site? A friend of mine had invested in a very neat one-word domain that he expected to...
The sweep that we completed a while back in a medical office found a vulnerability that exposed ALL PATIENT RECORDS. We checked for the usual hidden microphones; all that was discovered was a cordless phone vulnerability. While working in the area we couldn't help but notice...
It works like this: you get a warning message about bad things on your system it includes a link to a web site for unlocking your computer you are given a secret unlock procedure (that may do more harm than good) This scheme, called ransomware is...
While working on the east coast I discovered a new WiFi threat, a small box with 2 radios and interesting software. It can fake the ID of a friendly WiFi system luring unsuspecting users to connect. The technology inside performs a man-in-the-middle attack. This can grab...
Lets face it. Security is like a fire insurance policy. You pay up front and: if there is a fire, the loss will likely be less if you pay too much (money, effort, productivity) up front it's a bad deal If you buy the wrong...
Not long ago I talked to an attorney client. We worked with him on a case which involved a federal suit by a public employee. Our part was recovering details of activity on a work computer but it went beyond the usual hard drive imaging...
This is a story about passwords. When you see something in the news about "compromised credentials at Target" it usually means that a password was used to break in. If someone can guess that my used-everywhere password is "Fido" they don't have to mount a...
Check out the metadata using your favorite picture viewer or IrfanView. Metadata in photos has allowed us to demonstrate that some photos of stolen goods were taken AFTER the theft was reported to an insurance company. Interesting situation! After the receipt of our report it...
It's nice to have help with software. I can remember in the mid '80s trying to figure out how to use Supercalc and WordStar with no support. A bit later Microsoft did something revolutionary. They began answering the phone when customers called. Wow! that was...