Two is better than one in most cases. A lock and a deadbolt offer better protection for the front door of your home. A seatbelt and an airbag provide better protection in the case of a car accident. And, when […]
FIDO Alliance and U2F may succeed in making two-factor authentication mainstream Read More »
It’s a new week, and that means it’s time for the data breach du jour. The “winner” this week is Staples. What is most concerning, though, with this Staples incident as well as a number of other recent credit card
Why is the retail chain the last to know when it’s been compromised? Read More »
I’ll let you in on a little secret. [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””]Many security experts don’t use any antimalware tools[/inlinetweet]. They simply know how to recognize and avoid potential threats. Meanwhile, many users who have antimalware protection installed and kept up
Cylance explains why math beats malware Read More »
Save the date: October 30 at 1pm Eastern / 10am Pacific. BeyondTrust is hosting a live Web event presented by SANS instructor Dave Shackleford titled “Why Password Authentication is Broken, and How to Fix It.” Here is what the event
Join BeyondTrust and dave Shackleford for live Web event Read More »
Stay calm and Internet. The POODLE vulnerability is serious, but it is a vulnerability in an outdated protocol that shouldn’t even be in use today, and there are mitigating circumstances that make it more challenging for attackers to use POODLE
Stop the POODLE panic Read More »
Dune is my favorite book of all time. I have read the original Dune trilogy more than once, and I have read many of the subsequent and peripheral titles related to the epic Dune saga. I used to own and
A closer look at the Sandworm cyber espionage threat Read More »
A new cyber espionage threat dubbed “Sandworm” was revealed today. It exploits a zero day flaw that exists in all supported versions of the Windows operating system, and has apparently been active since 2009. That was FIVE years ago. That’s
You still need to start with the security best practices Read More »
Just because someone posts millions of username and password combinations online and claims they’re from a breach of the Dropbox cloud storage service doesn’t mean it’s true. In fact, even if some of the username and password combinations actually work
Dropbox denies claim that it was breached Read More »
It would be much more convenient if you could just walk into your house, or get into your car without having to first unlock the door. It would be more convenient if you could just walk from the front of
Choose security over convenience for authentication Read More »
Immediately after 9/11, the U.S. Congress cobbled together a bill called the USA Patriot Act, a grab bag of goodies the intelligence community had long craved. The intent was to remove limits in the gathering and use of intelligence on
What we really lost after 9/11 Read More »
