World Password Day – May 6, 2021 — Between The Hacks
It’s World Password Day! Are your passwords strong enough? Do you have a long, unique password for every account? Do you use multi-factor authentication where available? If you answered, “no”…
President Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order — Between The Hacks
Aiming to improve cybersecurity in the United States, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) on May 12, 2021. Although the EO focuses on U.S. federal departments’ and agencies’ cybersecurity,…
Colonial Pipeline: Lessons Learned
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack took down the largest fuel pipeline in the United States and resulted in consumer hoarding of fuel and a short-term shortage of gasoline on the…
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021 — Between The Hacks
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Since this is a cybersecurity blog, we will focus on cybersecurity but let’s take a moment to talk about the…
Hacking Humble Bundle — Between The Hacks
Last year, Humble Bundle teamed up with the great tech publisher, No Starch Press, to offer deeply discounted hacking ebooks for as little as one dollar with the Hacking 101…
log4shell — Between The Hacks
Last Update: December 28, 2021 If you are reading this, you likely have heard about Log4Shell, the December, 2021 critical zero-day remote-code execution vulnerability, and subsequent vulnerabilities in the popular…
How I Introduced the Cybersecurity World to a Cold War Hero — Between The Hacks
If you told me a year ago that I would meet a cold war hero at a birthday party, I wouldn’t have believed you. And I would be even more…
AI Magic: My Blog, LinkedIn, and a 7-Minute Podcast!
So, here’s something that blew my mind: I decided to test Google’s NotebookLM AI tool. I casually uploaded the URLs for my LinkedIn page and my blog, not expecting much…
New OWASP Mobile Top Ten: Know What Changed
The OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS) version 2.1.0 was released in January 2024, containing new, updated, merged, and re-prioritized threat categories. The changes better reflect the current cyber…
How Anyone Can Have a Career in Cybersecurity
Contrary to what many people imagine, the figure in a dark hoodie sitting in front of a glowing computer screen is not the face of a career in cybersecurity. In…