August is always a good time to check up on the dark side. Black Hat had its annual conference earlier this month, and there are always presentations worth looking at....

Over the years, Mitre, the MIT research group, has been analyzing software bugs and missteps that hackers have been able to exploit. Their Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) classifications are...

There’s been a lot of news lately in the health and fitness wearables space. Apple just announced they’re releasing an app, called “Health,” as well as a cloud-based platform “Health...

The most important takeaway about PtH is that the password hashes that are stored in memory (and grabbed by hackers) are a feature of Single Sign On.

As a sysadmin, there might be moments where you’ll find the need to change, merge, or rename your domain. Hopefully you name your domain well the first time, but there…

Last week, I attended a webinar that was intended to give IT attendees a snapshot of recent threats—a kind of hacker heads-up. For their representative case, the two sec gurus...

We’ve done a lot of blogging at the Metadata Era warning you about basic attacks against passwords. These can be mitigated by enforcing strong passwords, eliminating vendor defaults, and enabling...

Because I’ve boldly assigned myself the task to explain hacking and phishing, I feel compelled to define both terms concisely because, as Einstein’s been quoted countless times, “If you can’t...

When you’re naming domains, it should be planned as carefully as you would in naming your first child – of course I’m exaggerating – but it’s worth planning carefully. For...

With over 55 different fitness wearable devices to choose from, the wearables market has breathed new life into our personal health, providing us with more insight into our sleep patterns,...

From a business perspective, distribution lists (DLs) for email communications are a powerful and well-understood concept in IT. And they are popular: Exchange admins have voted with their right-clicks, creating...

Cindy and I had the good fortune of attending part of the Real World Cryptography Workshop held last week in New York City. We went primarily to listen to Bruce...