Protection is dead. Long live detection.
As critical as it is, protection will fail. You need robust detection as well.
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 27 Oct | Read more
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Meet the hacker taking over ISIS twitter accounts
In the last week, Wauchula Ghost has been attracting even more attention as he has been successfully compromising the twitter accounts of ISIS sympathizers, and posting gay porn on those accounts in retaliation for the Orlando attack.
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 22 Jun | Read more
Did NSA underestimate the insider threat?
In this edition of the Irari Report, Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes continue their interview of Chris Inglis, former Deputy Director of NSA. In this segment, they focus on how an organization that is so aware of the insider threat can be compromised by a person like Edward Snowden.
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 14 Apr | Read more
Former NSA deputy director says Edward Snowden lacks courage
Thoughts from Chris Inglis, former Deputy Director of NSA, about whistleblower Edward Snowden’s reasons for leaking classified NSA documents
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 31 Mar | Read more
Twitter’s takedown of ISIS accounts still unsatisfactory
While Twitter is making some efforts to thwart ISIS recruiting, fundraising, and planning efforts, there is still much more to be done.
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 17 Feb | Read more
How Anonymous really targets ISIS
With the ISIS attacks on Paris, Anonymous declared war on ISIS. The reality is that is more hype than fact, and misleading.
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 18 Nov | Read more
ISIS uses US hosting services to avoid intelligence agencies
Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes learn that ISIS has purposefully been using Google and Amazon Web Services to avoid US and international intelligence agencies.
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 05 Nov | Read more
Pardon all marijuana offenders: John McAfee Day One as President
McAfee details about his plans for his first year as President of the United States.
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 14 Oct | Read more
John McAfee on the Cyber Party platform
In this segment of The Irari Report interview with security icon and presidential candidate, John McAfee, Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes ask McAfee about the political party that he formed, The Cyber Party.McAfee tells Ira and Ari about the Cyber Party’s platform that focuses on Privacy, Freedom and Technology.
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 14 Oct | Read more
How to respond to Chinese cyber attacks: Call them?
Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes interview Lt. Col Bill Hagestad, author of Chinese Cyber Crime, about how companies should respond if they believe they are being hacked by China.
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 21 Sep | Read more
Submit questions for John McAfee
Want to get a question answered by a Presidential candidate and security celebrity, then send our authors your inquiry before Sept. 29.
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 21 Sep | Read more
China makes hackers an offer they can’t refuse
When China identifies a potential hacker with promise, they show up to their home with automatic weapons to give them, and their family, a choice of hacking for the government, or being shipped away.
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 14 Sep | Read more
The mission and capabilities of the FBI Cyber Division
Find out about the mission of the Cyber division, the resources available, how best to engage the FBI, among other topics.
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 31 Aug | Read more
Video: Implications of the Ashley Madison hack
Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes discuss the implications of the Ashley Madison hack from a security practitioner’s perspective.
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 31 Aug | Read more
Was the IRS breach unstoppable?
Another hack, another claim of inevitability. It is frustrating to read about <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2926351/security/thieves-stole-data-on-100000-taxpayers-via-irs-app.html">the IRS breach</a> and see it declared sophisticated. The following quote, from the IRS commissioner to CNN, is just outright infuriating:
By Ira Winkler and Araceli Treu Gomes | 04 Jun | Read more