The DDoS attack surge that began last week against Ukrainian government agencies and banks was a bad sign. I was actually preparing a post and wondering if it was appropriate to call out Russia as, at that point, there was no formal attribution. 

But c’mon. 

 Just in case you missed it, a software supply chain attack on the US government and industries is consuming the waking hours of everyone involved in cyber security this week. The attack involved the insertion of a compromised DLL infected with the SUNBURST malware directly into the DevOps environment of SolarWinds’ Orion network monitoring and management software. It was a cunning and subtle infiltration: the package was signed with a valid...

Our own Jonathan Butts and Billy Rios were interviewed this month on the CBS Morning News about their research showing that medical devices like pacemakers and insulin pumps can be hacked by… basically anybody.  These devices all contain embedded controllers, but unlike most modern computer technologies, they haven’t been designed with security in mind.