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I’m happy to announce that arrangements have now been finalized for the Tripwire team to return for the Tripwire VERT Hack Lab at the MTCC! We will be bringing some new hardware devices as well as a new virtualized hack target. This new virtual target, an ASUS DSL modem with recent firmware, can be compromised by applying the tools & methods we’ve taught in the classroom and in the Hack Lab since day 1. If…

Back in the early days of networking, many companies assigned all of the responsibilities to anyone who showed any aptitude towards operating a computer. In many companies, this was an accountant or someone else who also managed sensitive financial information. The assumption was that the person managing the corporate books was the most trustworthy person in the organization. This is perhaps true of finance, but as you can imagine, not only were the networks poorly managed, but…

The Hacker Era By Jordan Marcus Bonagura The century of constant acceleration Twenty-first century, more than a century of human evolution and great changes, a century of constant acceleration. Everything is always changing and exaggeratedly fast – technology, social changes and even our lifestyles. Changes so impactful that not even our most consolidated routines escaped, escape, or will escape impunity. Currently, we are bound to use technology in everything we do. If we stop to…

Today marks a significant and exciting step forward for the combined McAfee Enterprise and FireEye businesses as we create a pure play, cybersecurity market leader. I’m incredibly proud to be writing this as the newly appointed CEO of this combined business. Keeping nations and large enterprises safe is – I believe – one of the most important challenges facing the world today. We have already started working together to bring together the best of McAfee…

A student at East Carolina University has been charged with cyber-stalking after allegedly posing as a member of a rival fraternity to upload a racist post to social media. A police investigation was launched after an offensive message, purporting to be from the university’s Theta Chi chapter, was uploaded anonymously to Yik Yak in August.  The post read:  “Theta Chi rush party, PNMs (potential new members) and girls only. No blacks. Girls 5$ @door. Call or…