Author: eden

From New York to Miami…via Cambodia?

From New York to Miami…via Cambodia? When the airline frequent flyer programs started, many road warriors would go out of their way to collect the largest number of flight segments, hitting several airline hubs in the process. Who would think that today, over the internet, our data would take the circuitous route, racking up more miles than we did intentionally? One of the fundamental concepts of the internet is that packets travel to their destination using the fastest possible route, hopping through routing hubs of different networks. In theory, the path is dynamic, constantly changing according to network traffic. This…

Three Red (Chinese) Flags That Microsoft Should Have Noticed

Three Red (Chinese) Flags That Microsoft Should Have Noticed The recent, so called “HAFNIUM breach” of Microsoft Exchange servers could have been avoided if only Microsoft had been better attuned to how sovereign hackers think, act and attack. Every indication is that this hack resulted from China, but it was only a matter of time that one of the world’s dark corners would exploit these vulnerabilities. Compared to the financial and reputational damage to its clients and to Microsoft, these liabilities could have been reduced, maybe avoided altogether. Now Microsoft is scrambling (AGAIN) to contain the damage and explain how this will…