By now you’ve probably heard that the credit reporting company Equifax is having a very bad year. Last week it was announced that the personal information on about 143 million Americans had possibly been compromised. Here’s what we know so far.
Not a whole lot, other than that ...
I recently taught Calibre Press’ Cyber Security seminar in Burien, Wash., and had some excellent discussions I’d like to address in this column. We actually did a few table-top exercises where groups were formed and they developed their own cyber attacks that could realistically, and ...
I recently heard some interesting quotes about policing. Such as: “The police are the public, and the public are the police.” Interesting stuff that had me seek out their source, Sir Robert Peel.
If you’ve never heard of him, Peel was the Prime Minister of England from 1841 - 1846. ...
[Publisher's Note: Criminal hackers are constantly evolving their practices to evade detection. Although the information in this article is still applicable, with time it will lose relevance as hackers discover new channels. That's the nature of the challenge, so keep learning and ...
n 1944 the Office of Strategic Services—AKA, the CIA’s grandfather—put out a manual called “Simple Sabotage.” The premise was simple: Sabotage the enemy to slow down production and effectiveness. Since blowing up railway bridges usually raises eyebrows, they suggested more nefarious, ...