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Mike McCormick
Feb 18, 20193 min read
Rebooting US Cybersecurity After the Shutdown
Smelling blood, American adversaries began circling like sharks during the 35-day partial government shutdown.
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Mike McCormick
Oct 9, 20184 min read
Chinese Spy Chip Trumps Tariffs
Chinese cyber exploits are back in the news with a bombshell story claiming China planted tiny “spy chips” inside Made in China servers...
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Mike McCormick
Jun 20, 20183 min read
Playing the Dark Game
Cyber security is played for high stakes in a world of shadowy threats. Although it’s seldom discussed openly, this dark game can take a...
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Mike McCormick
Mar 20, 20184 min read
Did Facebook Break the Law?
You probably know Cambridge researchers got access to 50 million Facebook user profiles, then gave the data to a private political...
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Mike McCormick
Mar 7, 20183 min read
When Insiders Profit from Cyber Breaches
One outrageous thing we learned about the Equifax breach (among many) is that three corporate executives sold company stock after the...
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Mike McCormick
Dec 15, 20173 min read
After Net Neutrality: A Silver Lining?
Net Neutrality's demise may open the door to overdue cybersecurity improvements. Before you send me hate mail, let me reiterate my...
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Mike McCormick
Nov 24, 20173 min read
Who Names Cyber Hurricanes?
Hurricanes get names (Harvey, Irma, Jose, Maria…) assigned alphabetically by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Service (NOAA). ...
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Mike McCormick
Jul 26, 20174 min read
Thunder Sticks and Smartphones
Hackers don’t exploit our computers; they exploit our ignorance. Most of us lack even a basic idea of how our digital gadgets work. ...
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Mike McCormick
Mar 3, 20173 min read
A Cancer Moonshot for Cyber Security
The information security profession has long mined biology for metaphors to describe cyber threats. For example, we call certain forms...
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Mike McCormick
Sep 14, 20163 min read
America Gets Our First CISO
Last week the White House announced the appointment of Gregory Touhill as the nation’s first Federal Chief Information Security Officer...
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Mike McCormick
Jun 14, 20163 min read
Are Russian Hackers Working for Trump?
Conspiracy theories sprout like mushrooms in the fertilized hothouse known as Twitter. Today, in the wake of news reports that Russian...
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