Peace out, WoSign. Good news for everyone everywhere

So the browser community has spoken, and WoSign is toast.  For the purposes of this blog, I’ve selected the iconic image of Ted “Theodore” Logan (get it, because “woah”) as our mascot for this awesome news. The deal is that now,...

Calling Shenanigans on Various Stuff

There are a few things today in the trade media that I just straight up don’t believe; rather than doing a long drawn-out explanation of each one, I’m just going to rip through them quickly. First up, research about an “unfixable” issue with...

Skills gap? Or pyramid scheme?

So you’ve probably heard that security (cybersecurity if you must) has a skills gap, right?  Today’s headlines, for example, have no fewer than three separate articles about it (the best of which is this one over at The Register). I’ve heard this...

Digital Pearl Harbor? 100%

In this business, every once in a while you hear somebody bring up the “digital pearl harbor” – sometimes you hear it as “cyber pearl harbor” or (also occasionally, to convey a slightly different connotation) the “digital (or cyber)...

Buying Bitcoin to prep for Ransomware?

In “sublime to ridiculous” news, I saw this article detailing a recent conversation between Jim Cramer (yes, that Jim Cramer) and CyberArk’s CEO Udi Mokady in reference to organization hoarding Bitcoin to use for ransomware purposes. It’s not...