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Gathering of the Vulnerability Wranglers 2.0 Debuts Today at InfoSecWorld USA 2020 Digital
Gathering of the Vulnerability Wranglers 2.0 Debuts Today at InfoSecWorld USA 2020 Digital 150 150 Mark Arnold

The Gathering of the Vulnerability Wranglers 2.0 (VW 2.0) panel debuts today on InfoSecWorld’s 2020 Digital event. As a content leadership advisor for InfoSecWorld USA, I have had the pleasure of hosting and moderating the…

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I Want a Pentest, Part 2: Overcoming the Resistance
I Want a Pentest, Part 2: Overcoming the Resistance 2048 1365 Mark Arnold

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…

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I Want a Pentest, Part 1
I Want a Pentest, Part 1 1474 1024 Mark Arnold

What 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…

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The Sextortion Hoax Economy Has a Pulse
The Sextortion Hoax Economy Has a Pulse 2048 1152 Mark Arnold

  Sextortion 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…

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Lares Leaders Included in Tribe of Hackers: Security Leaders Edition
Lares Leaders Included in Tribe of Hackers: Security Leaders Edition 245 346 Mark Arnold

  We 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…

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Ransomware Olive Branches
Ransomware Olive Branches 1090 714 Mark Arnold

Not 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…

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Your Assistance Is Needed: Defeating Disinformation
Your Assistance Is Needed: Defeating Disinformation 1080 1440 Mark Arnold

Follow 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…

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Tricks, Trolls & (Securing) the Home-Based Staffer
Tricks, Trolls & (Securing) the Home-Based Staffer 1080 798 Mark Arnold

By 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…

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Pandemics Bring Out The Worst Kind of Internet Pariah
Pandemics Bring Out The Worst Kind of Internet Pariah 387 387 Mark Arnold

Zoombombing 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…

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Mark Arnold – Week 1 at Lares
Mark Arnold – Week 1 at Lares 2048 1365 Mark Arnold

Week 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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[Ubi concordia, ibi victoria]

– Publius Syrus

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