Cybersecurity expert and BVS, Inc. CEO, Scott Schober, bags another hidden skimmer into evidence Massive Ponzi schemes created by the likes of a Bernie Madoff or Sam Bankman Fried get all the attention. They rake in greedy or gullible investors and depending upon their positioning within the pyramid, stand to make a lot of money… Read More »
Tracking the Trackers… for Better or Worse
Ever since the first GPS (Global Positioning Satellites) systems went live back in the early nineties, privacy experts have warned us about our diminishing rights. And while we have gained both safety and security as a result of this ability to globally track people and things, we seemed to have lost our true sense of… Read More »
Executive Protection has a new weapon in its arsenal
There are roughly 250,000 CEOs in the United States. That doesn’t include CISOs, CFOs, VPs and of course, an array of other very important and wealthy people. That’s a lot of attack surfaces as we say in the cybersecurity biz. You might think you know why a cybersecurity expert like myself would even be writing… Read More »
The importance of compartmentalization in security
There are many facets surrounding the arrest of 21 year old Air National Guardsman, Jack Tiexeira, that would suggest run-of-the-mill hacking, but that would be misguided. So what went wrong in the chain of security that led to such a massive breach by such an inexperienced and alleged traitor to the intelligence community? We’ve… Read More »
Stalking has never been easier so let’s change that
As an average sized male, I have come to realize that I take many things for granted. After speaking to my wife and daughter, it has become alarmingly clear that my personal safety is clearly one of those things. I don’t worry about walking alone at night and I don’t have to have my… Read More »
This is why nobody is allowed a cell phone in classified debriefings
Three years ago, former President Trump tweeted this image along with a denial of the U.S.’ involvement with a launch accident involving Iran’s Safir SLV rocket. Now, this image has been officially declassified so why are Pentagon and intelligence officials so disturbed? Trump’s controversial handling of classified documents is nothing new. When his Mar-a-Lago home… Read More »
Death of the VPN: A Security Eulogy
Trust can be a hard thing to come by in this world but in the world of cybersecurity, trust is virtually non-existent, or at least it should be. VPNs got us all from crawling to walking in the early days of the internet, but security needs have outpaced VPNs’ abilities to deliver true security and… Read More »
Is TikTok the Devil You Know or Worse?
FCC Commissioner @BrendanCarrFCC just threw down the data protection gauntlet via Twitter regarding TikTok’s Chinese ownership and data privacy practices (and deceptions). Is this a real attempt to bolster the data privacy of US citizens or just a misguided distraction? And given recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, is TikTok’s data harvesting any more dangerous to… Read More »
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