Zero-Day Browser Vulnerabilities

Zero-Day Browser Vulnerabilities “This is a catastrophe,” my wife said—slightly horrified—as she swiped through page after page of apps on my phone. “Why do you even have most of these?” It’s a good question. It’s hard to believe that just a decade ago, the App Store...

A Lesson to Learn – If it is Connected It can Be Hacked

A Lesson to Learn – If it is Connected It can Be Hacked I remember years ago at CES 2013, when this young entrepreneur scheduled an interview with me to show off a prototype for his new Ring security device. At the time, IoT was in its infancy, and this product...

Routers and Firewalls with Broadcom Chipsets Are Vulnerable

Routers and Firewalls with Broadcom Chipsets Are Vulnerable Have you heard of the router/firewall critical vulnerability called Cable Haunt? Well, for 200 million worldwide users, this could soon be a nightmare come true. Cable Haunt allows a hacker to compromise the...

Social Engineering Comes to the Forefront of Attacks

Social Engineering Comes to the Forefront of Attacks We depend on our smart devices and use them as a primary communication tool. Studies found that young adult users send over 2000 texts per month and receive over 1800 with that volume people are less wary, and it is...

Updates, Patches and Hackers Oh My!

Updates, Patches and Hackers Oh My! Most data breaches ard due to hackers exploiting known vulnerabilities. I know, I hear it all the time – patching takes time, and it can indeed be risky, especially if you have any legacy hardware or software in your network...

Cyber War isn’t Coming It is already Here!

Cyber War isn’t Coming It is already Here! Wars today are less likely to be kinetic, and it is safe to assume that the primary mode of retaliation from Iran will be a cyber attack. Iran wants to bring down the U.S., and the fastest way to do that is to damage us...