Threat Source newsletter (May 26, 2022) — BlackByte adds itself to the grocery list of big game hunters
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Given the recent tragedies in the U.S., I don’t feel it’s appropriate to open by being nostalgic or trying to be witty — let’s just stick to some security news this week. The one big thing The BlackByte ransomwar
Threat Source newsletter (May 19, 2022) — Why I'm missing the days of iPods and LimeWire
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. I will openly admit that I still own a “classic” iPod — the giant brick that weighed down my skinny jeans in high school and did nothing except play music. There are dozens of hours of music on there that I always t
Threat Source newsletter (May 12, 2022) — Mandatory MFA adoption is great, but is it too late?
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Mandatory multi-factor authentication is all the rage nowadays. GitHub just announced that all contributors would have to enroll in MFA by 2023 to log into their accounts. And Google announced as part of World Passw
Threat Source newsletter (May 5, 2022) — Emotet is using up all of its nine lives
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Emotet made headlines last week for being “back” after a major international law enforcement takedown last year. But I’m here to argue that Emotet never left, and honestly, I’m not sure it ever will. As Nick Biasin
Threat Source newsletter (April 28, 2022) — The 2022 Cybersecurity Mock Draft
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter that’s going to be a little different, but bear with me. In honor of the NFL Draft starting this evening — an event that Cisco is helping to secure — I thought it’d be appropriate to look at building a cybersecurity
Threat Source newsletter (April 21, 2022) — Sideloading apps is as safe as you make it
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. If you pay attention to the video game community as much as I do, you’ve been closely following the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Epic over the sale of “Fortnite” on the Apple App Store. (I promise I won’t
Threat Source newsletter (April 14, 2022) — It's Tax Day, and you know what that means
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. The deadline to file taxes in the United States is Monday. That means a few things: everyone should probably make sure their liquor cabinet is fully stocked, your spam filters are all turned on in your email and the
Threat Source newsletter (April 7, 2022) — More money for cybersecurity still doesn't solve the skills gap problem
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. U.S. President Joe Biden’s proposed budget would include an 11 percent increase in the federal government’s IT budget, including a total of $10.9 billion for cybersecurity. On the surface — this is all great (we can
Threat Source newsletter (March 31, 2022) — Is "Fortnite" a Metaverse?
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. By now, anyone on the internet has pondered the question: “Is a hot dog a sandwich?” (My two cents: Yes, absolutely.) Now as we move into the new internet age and onto Web 3.0 and NFTs instead of classic memes, I’v