My inbox, media feeds, and conversations with friends have been completely overtaken with talking about the least fungible of tokens. Here’s another article of NFTs. Let’s talk about it some more. I am going to assume there is a base-level understanding of what NFTs are. At it’s core, my ‘elevator pitch’ for NFTs is that they are a way to make non-counterfitable art – whether that art is a document, a picture, or a song….
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Bitcoin is just a passing fad.
Bitcoin is just a passing fad. Obviously, I don’t actually believe the title of this article, but I did see a newspaper clipping online today that had stated ‘The Internet may just be a passing fad’. It really got me thinking about why the public perception of technology is always so skewed from the generation that brings it in. As someone who has had the internet around in more of their lifetime than not, I…
Refocusing FYD
Refocusing Fortify Your Data Its crazy to think fortifyyourdata.com is almost 3 years old now. The project went from being a book/speaking engagement outlet for conferences, to a podcast & blog, and back to a way for people to ask me to jump on virtual conferences. There is a lot more to come. As this has been one of many side projects I have had, I’ll admit I haven’t put as much time into FYD…
Understanding the WiFi Pineapple
-Hola folks! I wanted to do a quick write-up on what exactly the WiFi Pineapple® is. I’ve had a lot of emails asking for more detail, and I figured this would shed some light in the most effective way. Hak5 advertises it as “The industry standard pentest platform has evolved. Equip your red team with the WiFi Pineapple® Mark VII. Newly refined. Enterprise ready.” -but that doesn’t really tell you what it is or what…
Hackers Hacking 300%+ More Than Usual – Stop Clicking On Things
Did you know? Instances of cybercrime appear to have jumped by as much as 300 percent since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the FBI. Read more about it here. As many of you Fortifiers of Data know, cybercrime has been on the rise for quite some time, and it’s not necessarily surprising that cyber-criminals, hackers, and nefarious entities would see the COVID-19 Pandemic as a great opportunity to exploit companies while they…