How To Spot a Phishing Email Earlier today I received an email from a contact who works in the private equity field. I met Rob R. at the AM&AA event in Dallas earlier this summer, and we had a great discussion [...]
A Vulnerability in Your Windows Calculator? Sometimes security breaches and hacking attacks come from the most unlikely of sources, even going so far as to utilize trusted applications to infect an endpoint or network. This is the case with a new [...]
Ransomware Targets Private Equity I've received two press releases this week from a private equity client regarding recent acquisitions on which we provided technology due diligence. The releases reminded me of recent conversations we've had with that firm and a few [...]
Bring Out Your Dead (User Accounts) Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus Not Dead But Should Be The Dead Collector: "Bring out yer dead." Large Man with Dead Body: "Here's [...]
How to Navigate the Modern Threat Landscape Cybercrime is a problem that is only getting worse, and as you might expect, it’s no good for business. It puts your organization in a position where it has to take steps toward securing [...]
I’ll Go You One Better Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus We have all been in the situation where we relate a story and someone has to jump in and [...]
Vagueness and The Beast of Gévaudan Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus Over 12 years, 100 people were reportedly attacked by a beast in the French countryside. Victims included men, [...]
AI..EI..OH! Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus AI (Artificial Intelligence) is everywhere these days. What comes to your mind when AI is mentioned, Skynet, Alexa, advanced medical diagnoses? Varying degrees of [...]
Amnesia and Normalcy Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus I mentioned this article on Wikipedia in an earlier blog. The idea of landscape amnesia mentioned that there is an interesting [...]
Your Employees are Your Biggest Cybersecurity Threat When it comes to cybersecurity, businesses have a lot to worry about, with the costs associated with protecting a network (or responding to failed attempts to protect your network) dominating these costs. While it [...]
