Lawrence Hoffman // As I previously mentioned I’m on vacation this week and next. As I like to go for long cross-country drives I’ve not had much time to keep up with the news. Just to be sure we don’t break pace I’m still trying to talk a little about the things I did get […]
John Strand // Last week BHIS took a new direction as a company. (Warning, this blog is not technical. But it is important.) In the past few years we’ve grown considerably. The vast majority of our work is received from previous satisfied customers, which is mainly because of the awesome job that our testers have […]
This week is going to be sort of short. I get to go on vacation! I’ll still be trying to do some minimal posts during the next two weeks, but I’m mostly going to be concentrating on a book and a hammock, so forgive me if they’re short. All in all, this week was pretty […]
Lawrence Hoffman // Certain Intel chips come with what’s called a “Management Engine” or ME. This is an actual physical subsystem which implements Intel’s Active Management Technology (AMT.) Why is it on a security blog? Because it has full control over everything your machine does, uses security by obscurity, and if infected would be totally […]
Lawrence Hoffman // It’s been one of those crazy busy weeks. I always feel like I didn’t get enough time to read articles, surf Reddit, and attempt to keep up with LKML (I know this can’t be done, but what can I say? I have a problem.) Also, the week ends with BSidesMSP. Which is […]
Editor’s Note: We’ll feature Lawrence’s List every week. It will include interesting things he’s come across during the week as he’s an avid consumer of internet garbage and follows a lot of mailing lists, forums, and news sites. Some of it may be narrow in terms of who may be interested (LKML) but, occasionally there’s […]
Mick Douglas // Take look at this chart from last year’s Verizon Data Breach Report. It shows who notified the breached party when they were attacked. This graph is a sad indictment for all of us in the information protection industry. This chart means that only about 1 in 8 times there’s a breach it’s […]
