End-of-life (EOL) is an expression commonly used by software vendors to indicate that a product or version of a product has…
Tag: linux
Technology and the power of moral panic
Moral panic is a fascinating topic, and often finds itself tied up in the cutting edge-technology of the times once it works…
Assessing the security of a portable router: a look inside its hardware, part deux
In part two of our blog assessing the security of a portable router, we will acquire the tools and equipment to…
All rise! Mind these digital crimes and arm yourself against them
Have you noticed that, in this year alone, headlines are inundated with words that contain “cyber”? Cybercrime. Cyberattack. Cybersecurity. Cyberwarfare. The…
New Mac backdoor using antiquated code
The first Mac malware of 2017 was brought to my attention by an IT admin, who spotted some strange outgoing network traffic from…
Mobile Menace Monday: How dare that rootin’ Dirty COW
If you follow cybersecurity news, you may have heard of the latest Linux exploit referenced under CVE-2016-5195, which has been dubbed…
New Website Ransomware Variant Demands $999
Ransomware has been wreaking havoc on personal computers for several years now and it was recently made public that cyber criminals…
UEFI, SecureBoot, and dual booting Windows 8 and Linux
In this post I will explain UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) and its predecessor, the BIOS/MBR, as well as the challenges…
Internet everywhere and poor security practices: a disaster in the making?
We often hear about botnets (networks of infected computers) being used to send out spam, perform Distributed Denial of Service attacks…