Category Archives: Security Blog

PCI SSC 2016 North America Community Meeting: Day 1

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Carmelo

The 10th Annual PCI SSC Community Meeting Kicked Off yesterday and I have the privilege of attending. Here are some pictures of the event from yesterday.

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Fire Extinguisher Test Damages ING Banks Data Center

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Carmelo

I’m going to drop a little knowledge first. The common hard drive uses an arm holding read/write heads over spinning metal platters (like a record player! but smaller and faster with a lot of arms, heads, and platters). Years ago, hard … Continue reading →

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IT Security vs Information Security

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Carmelo

A pet peeve of mine is when Information Security is interchanged with IT (Information Technology) Security. Over the many years working this profession, I’ve heard people, clearly working in the Information Security realm, state they work in IT Security (though … Continue reading →

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FAA Asks Public to Not Use Samsung Note 7 on Planes

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Carmelo

Per the FAA site, the Federal Aviation Administration has asked the public not to turn on or charge the Samsung Note 7 on board aircraft and not to stow them in any checked baggage. If you haven’t heard, there has … Continue reading →

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USB Killer… Now Publicly For Sale

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Carmelo

It’s been some time since I last wrote about killing computers with a USB (here), and now the device is packaged nicely and available for the low price of approximately $55. Just a note to the general public here, if … Continue reading →

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Hacking Star Wars

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Carmelo

Dubbed the Floppotron, Pawel orchestrates the imperial march. A remote controlled AT-AT from an Arduino, an XBox controller and some ingenuity (also, where I got the photo from).

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What to Watch To Learn A Little CyberSecurity

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Carmelo

Do you like to be entertained? I know I do! Here are some shows and movies that I recommend. Brian Brushwood’s Hacking the System

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Accurate Hacking Scene?

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Carmelo

Most accurate hacking scene ever! Don’t you just love some hacking on tv?

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City Data Breach

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Carmelo

Ken Selzer, the Kansas Insurance Commissioner warned that members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City need to safeguard their financial and health information following a data breach that accessed information on their medical ID cards. Insurance officials … Continue reading →

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Oracle Systems Breached… MICROS Point of Sale Systems’ Customer Portal Breached

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Carmelo

Oracle had their computer systems breached and that lead to the compromise of the MICROS customer service portal. The MICROS customer service portal system had traffic going to a server owned/operated by Carbanak. MICROS is owned by Oracle’s retail division. … Continue reading →

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