Being an engineer in the cybersecurity space means working on finding answers to potential security threats and finding better ways to safeguard our families. I work on a variety of technologies, and with cybersecurity growing rapidly, I get to stay up…
Our smartphones. Where would we be without them?
In December 2018, Chinese nationals Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong were indicted by the US Department of Justice for involvement with the APT10 hacking group. The APT epithet stands for Advanced Persistent Threat. It is used to specify an elite hacking grou…
The need for greater oversight and accountability in our rapidly expanding digital world has acquired a relatively new angle thanks to globalization and geopolitics. In the rush to create market efficiencies, we usually don’t know or care where our oil…
Android users – and I’m one – are well-advised to be constantly vigilant about the types of cyberthreats directed, at any given time, at the world’s most popular mobile device operating system.
Smart technology and the internet of things (we’ll call it IoT for business, and smart devices for the home) is developing fast, often with little or no built-in security. At home, seduced by the attraction of new technology, we buy and use these smart…
What does “social engineering” mean?
The term “social engineering” may sound arcane and intimidating, and in some ways, it is. But most of us have encountered some form of social engineering many times — on the internet, in our emails, and in newspape…
President Trump’s constant mislabeling of mainstream news reports he doesn’t appreciate as “fake news” has done much to muddle the accurate definition of this profound global force – and obscure the societal damage this rising phenomenon is precipitati…
Wireless routers are perhaps the most fundamental piece of technology required for an internet-connected house. Seventy-six percent of households in the US use Wi-Fi as the primary means of connecting to the internet, and routers give us our Wi-Fi. But…
Malvertising is rearing its ugly head – yet again.