A critical and often underestimated resource in the fight against malware is the industry’s history of finding and reporting software flaws in everything from big-brand programs to websites and software APIs. Many software companies and a few larger enterprises run dedicated programs that offer massive rewards for researchers opting for this type of work, sometimes […]
For most of us, the chance of being caught up in a data breach is just another hazard of online life. Personally identifiable information (PII) is stolen from a company we have an association with, and nobody is the wiser unless the company contacts us with the bad news. Except not every company wants to […]
If you had to name a piece of software cybercriminals look to target, Microsoft’s Exchange Server would surely be near the top of the list. To its huge user base, it’s the perfect DIY in-house email system that has dovetailed with Microsoft’s ecosystem since the 1990s. To criminals, including ransomware criminals, it’s become tempting prey […]
How realistic would it be for ransomware to successfully exploit weaknesses in the obscure firmware systems running inside PCs? There’s certainly a lot of things to aim at, ranging from the UEFI BIOS that boots PCs to the many other barely-documented firmware running on chips most owners pay absolutely no attention to. An unfortunate characteristic […]
In less than a decade, ransomware has turned from something tech people discussed at cybersecurity conferences to a phenomenon that fills news websites with tales of damage and desperation on a daily basis. But despite this, ransomware still sometimes feels like a background war where one side takes heavy casualties but reacts with little more […]
If there’s a story with a moral we understand without the need for explanation, it’s the legend of Robin Hood, the outlaw who stole from the rich to help the poor. Pointing out that Robin Hood never existed would be to miss the point—the need for a figure who rights the world’s injustices is a […]
