Mark Rasch Early in the morning of July 31, 2020, Hillsborough County, Florida law enforcement officials arrested 17 year old Graham Clark as being at least one of the participants in the massive scheme to “hack” the identities of certain celebrity users of the Twitter social media platform. The arrest, and leveling of 30 felony […]
Read More Three Arrests Made In Massive Twitter Scheme Hack: Investigative InsightsThe recent hack of Twitter demonstrates how the hacking community targets high-profile users on high-profile networks not only for fraud, but also for attacks on their privacy and attacks aimed at “piggybacking” off their identity and celebrity. While the identity of the hackers is still under active investigation, there are a few things we know (and more that we suspect) about how and why the hack occurred. And part of the problem is COVID-19…
Read More How the Coronavirus Enabled the Twitter Hack (*and others too)By Mark Rasch For more than 40 years, information security professionals have argued for stronger authentication (and access control) protocols. For most, this has meant some form of multi-factor authentication (MFA). Some combination of something you ARE (biometric), something you HAVE (token or device) and something you KNOW (password, passphrase, PIN). Certainly, a combination of […]
Read More AI Biometric SpoofingIn a panic, it’s easy to just want to pay and get it over, but there are more consequences than you may think. Paying the ransom should always be the last option.
Read More Should I Pay or Should I No? How To Respond to RansomwareBUSINESS E-MAIL COMPROMISE LEADS TO LIABILITY By Mark D. Rasch – Chief Legal Officer @ Unit 221B When William Darby went to work as a securities broker in October of 2018, little did he know that he was going to not only have a bad day, but ultimately a bad career. Darby’s firm fell victim […]
Read More BEC and CallBy Mark D. Rasch and Allison Nixon In the Simpsons episode, “Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade,” the siblings are both abandoned while on a school trip despite the fact that Mrs. Crabapple, the teacher, had deployed a mechanism to ensure that all people on the bus were accounted for. As she explains, “Ah, […]
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