VERT at the Movies: Cybergeddon

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While I was teaching, one of my students asked if I had seen Cybergeddon, a film distributed by Yahoo! in 2012. I had not, so I decided it would be fun for VERT to watch the film and review it, since my hobby is writing film reviews for RotundReviews. Cybergeddon ... Read More

VERT Threat Alert: February 2021 Patch Tuesday Analysis

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Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s February 2021 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-928 on Wednesday, February 10th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2021-1732 A vulnerability in Win32k that allows for privilege escalation has been exploited in the wild. The Cybersecurity and ... Read More

VERT Threat Alert: January 2021 Patch Tuesday Analysis

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Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s January 2021 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-922 on Wednesday, January 13th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2021-1647 A vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (MMPE) is currently seeing active exploitation. Since the MMPE is ... Read More

Lessons from Teaching Cybersecurity: Week 13

As I mentioned previously, this year, I’m going back to school. Not to take classes but to teach a course at my alma mater, Fanshawe College. I did this about a decade ago and thought it was interesting, so I was excited to give it another go. Additionally, after a ... Read More

Hacking Christmas Gifts: Remote Control Cars

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If high-tech gadgets are on your holiday shopping list, it is worth taking a moment to think about the particular risks they may bring. Under the wrong circumstances, even an innocuous gift may introduce unexpected vulnerabilities. In this blog series, VERT will be looking at some of the Internet’s best-selling ... Read More

Lessons from Teaching Cybersecurity: Week 12

As I had mentioned previously, this year, I’m going back to school. Not to take classes, but to teach a course at my alma mater, Fanshawe College. I did this about a decade ago and thought it was interesting, so I was excited to give it another go. Additionally, after ... Read More

#TripwireBookClub – The Ghidra Book

| | books, Ghidra, review, VERT
It’s been a little while since we last reviewed a book, but a lot of my team has been spending time with Ghidra this year. Craig Young taught a course on the subject, and I’ve used it with my students at Fanshawe College in their Malware Analysis course. Given our ... Read More

VERT Alert: SolarWinds Supply Chain Attack

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Vulnerability Description The United States Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has advised that an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor was able to insert sophisticated malware into officially signed and released updates to the SolarWinds network management software [1]. The attacks have been ongoing since at least March 2020 and ... Read More

Lessons from Teaching Cybersecurity: Week 11

As I had mentioned previously, this year, I’m going back to school. Not to take classes, but to teach a course at my alma mater, Fanshawe College. I did this about a decade ago and thought it was interesting, so I was excited to give it another go. Additionally, after ... Read More
3 Mobile App Security Recommendations for National App Day

3 Mobile App Security Recommendations for National App Day

On December 11, 2017, Platinum Edge Media and its founder CJ Thompson created National App Day as a way to celebrate how apps have inspired us and changed our culture. The Registrar at National Day Calendar went on to proclaim National App Day to be observed annually. We can’t truly ... Read More