Advisory from the ECPI Center of Excellence Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors. These hardware bugs allow programs to steal data which is currently processed on the computer. While programs are typically not permitted to read data from other programs, a malicious program can exploit Meltdown and Spectre to get hold of…
Advisory from the ECPI University Cyber Center for Innovation The WannaCrypt ransomware worm, aka WanaCrypt or Wcry, was released on Friday May 12th, 2017. It has spread to at least 150 countries, infecting hospitals, businesses including Fedex, rail stations, universities, at least one national telco in the UK and many more organizations. Making this one of…
Cyber Security Center for Innovation by ECPI University A New Generation of Cyber Security When it comes to discussing cyber security, many people believe they are not in danger. Instead, large businesses, the government, and other massive entities are the ones who should be worried. However, many people fail to realize just how valuable their…