Hacking the Castle: No Experience RequiredHacking the Castle: No Experience Required
What do 600 FortiGate firewalls have in common with a medieval castle? Plenty, but only if you have a little rowboat.
Category: Hacks
When Recovery Wins the Day: The Nevada RansomWhen Recovery Wins the Day: The Nevada Ransom
The 2025 ransomware attack on the state of Nevada’s systems is a great lesson in incident response: they recovered quickly, lost nothing, and ended up with better security in the
Business Email Compromise: Silent But DeadlyBusiness Email Compromise: Silent But Deadly
We’ve long known that we need to keep our emails private, a hide access behind a strong, solid password. But at the same time, you might think, “So what if
Why do hacks still happen?Why do hacks still happen?
You'd think that with all the cybersecurity tools and strategies we have at our fingertips, hacks would be a thing of the past, but they're not. What is that?
Daniel Rigmaiden and StingrayDaniel Rigmaiden and Stingray
When Daniel Rigmaiden was caught committing tax fraud, little did we know that he would expose an infringement on Fourth Amendment rights and even cause the surveillance laws to change.
Hacks and scams: what’s the difference?Hacks and scams: what’s the difference?
Hacks and scams are closely related, but aren't exactly the same.
Equifax breach of 2017: What did we learn?Equifax breach of 2017: What did we learn?
In 2017, consumer reporting agency Equifax was breached, and the credit records of more than 140 million consumers—more than half the adults in the United States at the time—were extracted