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The REDCap Attack that Phishing-Resistant MFA Could Have Stopped
Phishing-resistant MFA could have stopped a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor from spending over a year inside North American academic and medical…
11 hours ago
California Election Fraud? (Pt 2)
California election fraud claims are flooding social media — and most of them fall apart under basic scrutiny. In this follow-up episode, longtime Sa…
1 week ago
California Election Counting Explained by an Actual Poll Worker
California election counting has confused — and frankly ticked off — a lot of people, and I get it. I'm W. Curtis Preston, I've worked every Californ…
2 weeks ago
Stop 90% of Ransomware Attacks with Basic Cyber Hygiene
Basic cyber hygiene — patch management, password management, and MFA — is responsible for stopping roughly 90% of the ransomware attacks that could h…
4 weeks ago
Claude Deletes a Company — But It's Not Really Claude's Fault
Claude deletes a company — and the internet immediately blamed the AI. But this story is really about backup design, credential management, and least…
1 month ago
How Honeypots and Canary Files Catch Attackers Before They Strike
Honeypots and canary files are two of the most underused tools in cybersecurity — and in this episode, Dr. Mike Saylor and I break down exactly how t…
1 month, 1 week ago
Network Segmentation to Prevent Ransomware: What the UCSF Attack Taught Us
Network segmentation to prevent ransomware isn't just a nice-to-have — the UCSF ransomware attack proves it's what separates a contained incident fro…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Stop Using VSS as a Backup Before Ransomware Deletes Your Shadow Copies
Stop Using VSS as a Backup Before Ransomware Deletes Your Shadow Copies
Ransomware deletes shadow copies using your own built-in Windows tools against…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ransomware Sanctions, OFAC, and the Lazarus Group: A Real Case Study
Ransomware sanctions are something most companies never think about — until they're staring down a ransom demand from a group the US government has a…
2 months ago
The Real Cost of a Ransomware Attack: The Ransom Is the Least of Your Problems
The cost of a ransomware attack goes way beyond the ransom itself — and most organizations don't find that out until it's too late. In this episode o…
2 months, 1 week ago