Unfortunately, not many people really understand all the amazing work that goes into systems administration, network engineering, technical support, computer security, and all of the other IT related disciplines. Businesses these days are extremely reliant on technology, and most people … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Near-Field Authentication over Avian Carrier
I read about “chirp” the other day – a new iPhone app that lets you share pictures and links from your phone with an audible tone that sounds like—surprise—a bird chirp. Here’s how it works: You open up the chirp … Continue reading
Vote Now on the Finalists for the 2012 Varonis Data Governance Awards
In May 2012, Varonis launched its first customer awards program – the Varonis Data Governance Awards. Entry has now closed, and we are delighted with the response we received and the outstanding strength of the different entries. We have reviewed … Continue reading
Social Engineering in the Enterprise
In light of Mat Honan’s harrowing story, where both Apple and Amazon fell victim to social engineering attacks attributable to profound weaknesses in their identity verification processes, the billion dollar question becomes: how vulnerable are your company’s internal processes to … Continue reading
Complete our Data Migration Survey for a chance to win a 13″ Macbook Air
You know the feeling – you get a brand new, shiny, screamingly fast NAS for your data center. Everyone’s excited to plug it in. Then reality hits. Now you have to plan a migration. Buzzkill. Every time I talk to … Continue reading
The Definitive Guide to Cryptographic Hash Functions (Part II)
Last time I talked about how cryptographic hash functions are used to scramble passwords. I also stressed why it is extremely important to not be able to take a hash value and work backwards to figure out the plain text … Continue reading
My Grandmother Uses Dropbox — Why can’t I?
My first involvement with tech occurred in the early 80s. I recall the days of modems, time division multiplexors, acoustic couplers, and dipswitches. Most people don’t realize it, but cloud based file sharing existed in the 80s, but required an … Continue reading
Lessons Learned from Mat Honan’s Epic Hacking
“ Password-based security mechanisms — which can be cracked, reset, and socially engineered — no longer suffice in the era of cloud computing.” If you haven’t read Gizmodo writer Mat Honan’s gut-wrenching play-by-play of how his entire digital life was evaporated … Continue reading
The Definitive Guide to Cryptographic Hash Functions (Part 1)
Give me any message and I will create a secret code to obscure it. Try it! Try another one. This is called hashing—a technique often used to secure passwords (among other things). Instead of keeping your secret, “dog”, in plain … Continue reading
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