InfraGard recently put out a Flash Alert for a piece of malware called Fruit Fly. I sat through this briefing during last year’s Black Hat/DefCon conference and this malware is unique because it can live in an environment for months, if not years, undetected. There are no ransomware screens alerting the user that they’ve been infected or the ominous blue screen of death. It was first discovered in January of 2017 by Thomas Reed who works for Malwarebytes, who’s also a top Mac OS security researcher and conducted the initial analysis, but since then other variants been identified, dissected, and monitored.
On March 25th, Under Armour was made aware that they had an unauthorized party gain access and acquire data associated with 150 million MyFitnessPal user accounts. The information they could’ve gathered includes, but is not limited to, usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords. What are hashed passwords? Hashed passwords, from a high level, happen when passwords are ran through a mathematical function to create an encrypted version and a message authentication code (MAC) of a plaintext password. In MyFitnessPal’s case, they used a bcrypt hashing function, the same type that was used by formerly hacked Ashley Madison. After the Ashley Madison hack, the entire database and all password hashes were made available to the hackers of the world and now they have the password hashes of MyFitnessPal too. What does this mean for those of you that have an account on MyFitnessPal?
Charlotte, North Carolina, March 26, 2018 – Internetwork Engineering (IE) announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named IE to its 2018 Tech Elite 250 list. This annual list honors an exclusive group of North American IT solution providers that have earned the highest number of advanced technical certifications from leading technology suppliers, scaled to their company size.
A short time ago, our IE account team met with a customer to show-off the new SparkBoard from Cisco. When challenged by the customer that they were pretty much already set on a competitive solution, I made the comment that they should at least entertain our conversation because the newer video units were now more affordable than ever and amazingly easier to use than their predecessors. The customer was skeptical and told me, “I’ll be the judge;” so we set out to make our case.
Charlotte, North Carolina, March 6, 2018 – Internetwork Engineering (IE), announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named IE to its 2018 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Elite 150 category. This annual list recognizes North American solution providers with cutting-edge approaches to delivering managed services. Their offerings help companies navigate the complex and ever-changing landscape of IT, improve operational efficiencies, and maximize their return on IT investments.
Just after the New Year, on January 8th, Attorney General Josh Stein and Rep. Jason Saine proposed new legislation aiming to strengthen North Carolina’s laws around data breaches. The proposed law has many aspects that would make North Carolina residents very happy, but what affect will it have on North Carolina businesses?
