Computer Science students are out-innovating their institutions by creating cybersecurity and hacker clubs that implement a hands-on approach to cybersecurity education. For students hoping to pursue degrees in information security, picking the right school can be tough. The rate of innovation within the cybersecurity…
Password managers provide secure alternatives for storing and organizing login credentials. They increase the use of strong, complex passwords and diminish the stress of remembering them. If you’re like most of us, you have accounts for many online services ranging from banking to…
A thorough penetration test identifies possible vulnerabilities, determines how they can be exploited, and works to mitigate them. In a previous post, we discussed how incident responders are essential to mitigating the damage caused by a data breach. They put out…
Bluetooth ushered in the wireless generation. Don’t expect to get rid of it anytime soon. Bluetooth devices have become ubiquitous in the last 20 years. They’re in our offices, our homes, our cars, and even on our persons. It’s a little overwhelming, frankly,…
When a threat hits, incident response is responsible for diagnosing the vulnerability. Through a disciplined approach, incident response breaks down the resolution of breaches into stages and coordinates upfront preparations to avoid potential attacks. To the outside world, incident response may seem like…
Hash functions are strong cryptographic tools, but sometimes they’re not as secure as we’d like. We’ve previously explored the foundations of encryption. It’s worth observing, however, that encryption has an important cryptographic cousin: Hash functions. What’s the difference? Hash functions aren’t necessarily…
To say that areas of agreement are few and far between in today’s political climate would be an understatement. Some exist, however—most notably on the need to recapitalize our country’s infrastructure. As a result, a big spending push, replete with tax credits and…
Bitcoin’s blockchain technology is relatively immature but will likely revolutionize how we exchange information. When it was introduced in 2009, it was loathed by banks and cherished by cyber libertarians everywhere. Now, Bitcoin has taken the Internet and popular imagination by storm….
We’ve explored various kinds of encryption all through this series. We saw that ciphers have a long history of success, failure, and innovation. We discovered that no cipher, from the humble Caesar Cipher to the formidable ElGamal cryptosystem, is truly secure. Unfortunately, at…
“There are two kinds of companies out there: those that have been hacked, and those that don’t know it yet.” A timely reminder from former FBI Director Robert Mueller holds as much water now as it did when he first said it in…
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