How Stuxnet Crossed an Air Gap Nobody Thought Could Be Crossed
Natanz was air-gapped, and Stuxnet crossed it anyway, on USB drives, stolen certificates, and four unknown flaws. Part three of a series on attacks that beat isolation.
Tag: Passwords
Passwords are the locks on your digital life, and most people use the equivalent of a bent paperclip. These articles cover password security: managers, habits, and the practical hygiene that keeps writers’ accounts and manuscripts out of hostile hands.
CybersecurityThe Morris Worm: The Night the Internet Learned to Distrust Itself
In one night in 1988, a self-copying program jammed a tenth of the internet and ended the assumption that the network could be trusted. The first article in a series on attacks that beat isolation.
AuditsThe Consultant We Fired for Cracking Our Passwords
The PCI scan found L0phtCrack, a password cracker, sitting on one of our servers. We hunted it down expecting an intruder. We found our own consultant, who needed passwords to do his job and decided cracking them was faster than…
CybersecurityI Got Caught Hacking in 1981. The Professor Made Me Head of Security.
The biggest breach I ever watched was defeated by a brick propping a door open for smoke breaks. Home security fails at the human seam, not the technical one.
BackupsHome Computer Security: A Complete Guide from 33 Years in Enterprise IT
Coffee in hand, you open an email demanding $500 in Bitcoin to unlock your photos, tax records, and three-year novel, and yesterday's urgent delivery notice was the invitation. It happens thousands of times a day, and the habits that stop…
AI WritingPhone Security for Writers: 8 Ways to Protect Your Work
Your phone holds your banking apps, your private photos, and the keys to your whole online life, and most writers guard it with nothing. One careless gap, a missing PIN, a reused password, turns a misplaced phone into a genuine…
CybersecurityFamily Cybersecurity: Protecting the People Who Live in Your House
Practical cybersecurity for non-technical families. Home networks, kids online, password management, scam prevention. From a 20-year Trader Joe's IT director.
CybersecurityDon’t Live in Fear: A Cybersecurity Expert’s Guide to Scams, Passwords, and Staying Safe Online
Richard Lowe, The Writing King, joined Sue Zawacki on Aging Info Radio as a cybersecurity expert, drawing on decades spent responsible for enterprise
CybersecurityScams, Passwords, and Respect: Delicious Adult Conversation About Staying Safe | Delicious Talk Radio
A ninety-minute BlogTalk Radio conversation where the host brought her real scam encounters and Richard Lowe explained each con from the inside, plus password strategy, the deleted-file myth, and a second hour on respect.