Fear, Trepidation, and Resistance In our scoping calls, it is not uncommon to sense fear and trepidation on behalf of the buyer or upper management regarding the exercise. Customers resist…
read moreWhat Could Possibly Go Wrong? I once contracted out a firm to perform a pentest to satisfy our annual pentest for our PCI-DSS requirements. We went through the phases of…
read moreSextortion Attempt in My Inbox The sextortion hoax economy has a pulse. On Easter, during our modified annual family gathering and carefully coordinated and socially-distanced egg hunts with neighbors…
read moreWe are pleased to announce that Lares team members, Andrew Hay and me (Mark Arnold), appear in the Tribe of Hackers (ToH) Security Leaders edition, the 3rd in the…
read moreNot so, Naughty? Have bad actors had a change of heart? While most ransomware operators continue their relentless attacks against operators to target healthcare organizations during the pandemic, a handful…
read moreFollow Up: Tricks, Trolls, and Securing the Home Worker In our recent blog about securing home workers, we drew attention to the impact of social engineering and the spread of…
read moreBy now, you are most likely working from home for purposes of social distancing. Call it whatever you will, ‘shelter in place,’ ‘hunkering down,’ or ‘self-quarantine,’ we have all been…
read moreZoombombing is one of the latest digital shenanigans to surface during the current COVID-19 crisis to abuse video conferencing users. With the increased reliance on video conferencing platforms due to…
read moreWeek 1. Lares. Some months back, when Andrew Hay decided to join forces with Lares founders Chris Nickerson and Eric Smith, the security community cheered the move from the sidelines,…
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