Category Archives: Security Blog

From Russia with Love Letters

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Carmelo

A Russian team allegedly breached the Sony entertainment company’s network by sending spear phishing emails containing a remote access Trojan (RAT) to Sony employees in India, Russia and other Asian countries. Once they had access to the computers of these … Continue reading →

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Sony Remediation Cost Totals $35 Million

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Carmelo

While Sony Pictures Entertainment said in an earnings report that the hack would cost $15 million “in investigation and remediation costs” for the quarter to Dec. 31, senior general manager Kazuhiko Takeda said Wednesday that the figure would be $35 … Continue reading →

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US Army Releases Cyber-Forensic Dshell Code

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Carmelo

Available here on github, The Army Research Labs has publicly released a tool to help with network forensic analysis.

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Hacking Too Much Time!!!

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Carmelo

This re-donk-ulously awesome movie needs to happen. Post by NERD RAGE.

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110,000 People are Looking For Love in all the Wrong Places

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Carmelo

and getting a nasty infection too. A click-bait trick where a picture is made to look like a video that ‘requires’ Flash is circulating Facebook. The malware installs a Trojan to the computer, allowing the mouse and keyboard to be … Continue reading →

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Stupidest Movie Hacks

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Carmelo

Dorkly had this posted, it’s worth a good chuckle!

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BMW Vulnerable to Remote Unlock

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Carmelo

Update your BMW’s internal software and your smartphone app as soon as possible, the patch should deploy automatically by January 31st, but there is a chance your vehicle didn’t get the patch if you parked underground. The affected version of … Continue reading →

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Spear Phishing

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Carmelo

Cyber thieves stole nearly $215 million from businesses in the last 14 months using email scams. Once a high level exec has his or her email compromised, the bad guys lurk, learn the schedules, learn the business, learn the business … Continue reading →

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Data Privacy Day: 2015

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Carmelo

Every January 28th, is Data Privacy Day. A good reminder to police yourself and clean up your digital footprint you left on the Internet. The 2nd Annual Report on How Personal Technology is Changing Our Lives, reports that Privacy is … Continue reading →

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DOE Grants $25 Million for Cybersecurity Education

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Carmelo

The Department of Energy announced it will provide $25 million in funding over the next five years to support cybersecurity education at more than a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities. As highlighted by the President earlier a couple weeks … Continue reading →

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