by The Bear Team | Nov 11, 2019 | Business
The Open Source MovementFor those living under a rock, there is a massive effort underway by the government, military, and large corporations to move away for proprietary, closed systems to open source projects. There are just too many issues with closed source...
by The Bear Team | Aug 20, 2019 | Business
Why Malware Hurts A random office colleague opens a very realistic email and inadvertently downloads a small piece of software called a “payloader”. That payloader then calls home and a remote hacker starts injecting various malware – viruses really...
by The Bear Team | Aug 19, 2019 | Business
Flawed RoutingI remember a few years ago when I was talking with some people in charge of building nuclear plants and how they went on and on about how secure their systems were due to network isolation. I kept attempting to point out that between their new Internet...
by The Bear Team | Jun 4, 2019 | Business
AI-Drive, End-to-End Protection, Enabling non-Cybersecurity Admins to Manage Network...
by The Bear Team | Apr 1, 2019 | Security
Who Do You Trust?I was reading an article today about blockchain in 5G and it got me thinking about how this type of blockchain system would actually work. We have written in the past about a new type of blockchain system that is optimized for systems at scale such...
by The Bear Team | Mar 19, 2019 | Business
Scanning RealityAs part of my continuous effort to keep on top of cybersecurity, I was watching a CEH video yesterday which overviewed the various ways in which hackers search for vulnerabilities. It all came down to the same end result – port scanning. I then...
by The Bear Team | Mar 18, 2019 | Business
I Can Hear YouA recent article brought to light – again – that all of our collective phone calls, texts, and video chats are completely exposed. This is not new as many articles have discussed the complete lack of security for phone calls. In fact,...
by The Bear Team | Mar 14, 2019 | Business
Good Luck On Your Flight…Iridium has been around for a long time as our favorite GPS communications network. Recently Iridium;’s new NEXT platform made the news when it helped the FAA ground Boeing 737 MAX airplanes. In reading this article, the insanity...
by The Bear Team | Mar 12, 2019 | Business
This Is StupidRecently the U.S. told Germany to drop Huawei (pronounced Wah Way) or lose out on intelligence gathering. I get that people do not trust this Chinese manufacturer and many think that they are a front for Chinese spying… But this approach is inane....
by The Bear Team | Mar 8, 2019 | Business
Death MalwareA recent article discusses how Triton, a particularly devastating form of malware, is taking down safety systems in critical infrastructure. This malware destroys key mechanisms that act to stop catastrophes such as power plants blowing up, nuclear...
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