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What Happens in Vegas: MGM Resorts ‘Ransomware’ Attack

You’re welcome to it. Not happening in Vegas: 12 hotels and casinos—nor in many more elsewhere, neither ...
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CES 2023 FAIL: Worst in Show for Security and Privacy

CES 2023 FAIL: Worst in Show for Security and Privacy

The Consumer Electronics Show wrapped up yesterday. But some vendors faced stiff criticism over their privacy and security stances ...
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DEF CON is Canceled. Wanna Buy a Bridge?

We’re told DEF CON 28 is canceled. But obviously we’re not stupid enough to fall for that old trick ...
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Gleaning Lessons from Las Vegas’ Thwarted Cyberattack

A Cybersecurity Success Story Imagine a cyberattack story where no data was exfiltrated, thousands or millions of credit card accounts were not stolen, and no data was corrupted or lost. That very ...

BSides Las Vegas, iMessage Exploit, 5G and Stingray Surveillance

This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for August 12th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: My summary of last week’s BSides Las Vegas security conference, how a ...

Hotel Room Security and Privacy with Special Guest Patrick McNeil – WB39

This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for October 22nd 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Hotel Room Security and Privacy with Special Guest Patrick McNeil. Silent Pocket ...
The SEVillage Wrap-up from DEF CON 26

The SEVillage Wrap-up from DEF CON 26

The Social-Engineer team is collectively wrapping up their annual post-DEF CON foggy state, unburying from their backlog, and reminiscing on the amazingness that was the SEVillage at DEF CON 26. Can we ...