The American Bar Association has invited Stronghold Cyber Security founder and CEO Jason McNew to speak at its ABA TECHSHOW 2018 event hosted at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, Illinois from March 7 - 10, 2018. The ABA TECHSHOW 2018…
What is the Spectre bug aka Spectre attack? Like the Meltdown bug, the Spectre bug is a hardware bug in the form of a CPU design flaw. Unlike the Meltdown bug which only affects Intel processors, the Spectre bug impacts…
What is the Meltdown bug? Most of the bugs that make the news are software bugs, but the Meltdown bug is a hardware bug (in the form of a design flaw) that affects Intel processors going back several generations. In…
In part I of “The Password Pandemic”, I advised (in the same vein as NIST SP 800-63b) the use of passphrases, instead of passwords. This is because hackers have built massive databases of stolen passwords and tables full of password…
WGAL's 8 On Your Side consumer reporter Brian Roche talks with Stronghold Cyber Security's CEO Jason McNew on how stolen information ends up on the "Dark Web" and gets bought and sold. Watch the video below - What is the…
Humanity has a massive password problem. We might call it The Password Pandemic. Computers keep getting faster and cheaper, making passwords easier to crack, while human operators do not change their bad password habits. This is a losing proposition, with…
Tatiana Bonneau of AMAFeed.com invited Stronghold Cyber Security founder and CEO Jason McNew to do an "Ask Me Anything" interview, scheduled for November 1 at 11 AM, Eastern time. To view the interview and submit questions, please visit the link…
Jason McNew, CEO and founder of Stronghold Cyber Security, discusses with Mimecast Contributing writer Margot Carmichael Lester the issue of cyber attacks targeting schools. Some excerpts from the article "What You can Learn from Recent Cyber Attacks Targeting School Systems"…
What is the KRACK attack? The KRACK attack is a newly disclosed attack on WPA2. WPA2 has been the de facto wireless security standard for over ten years now, and it’s adoption is nearly universal. If you have a wireless…
According to a new survey of business executives conducted by Zogby Analytics for The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB) amd released on September 28, over half (53%) of businesses located in the United States have experienced a…
