David Strom


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Magecart malware strikes again, and again, at e-commerce websites

The shopping cart malware known as Magecart is still one of the most popular tools in the attacker’s toolkit — and despite efforts to mitigate and eradicate its presence, it’s the unwanted gift that just keeps on giving. It was first detected in 2018 when it was behind the notable Ticketmaster UK exploit and is still ...
COMMENTARY

Where is our national cybersecurity strategy? All over the place

Earlier this year, the Biden White House released its National Cybersecurity Strategy policy paper. Although it has some very positive goals, such as encouraging longer-term investments in cybersecurity, it falls short in several key areas. And compared with what is happening in Europe, once again the U.S. is falling behind and failing to get the ...
ANALYSIS

Is it time to deploy passkeys across the enterprise? Here’s what you need to know

It’s a great time to think more about passkeys, and not just because this Thursday is another World Password Day. Let’s look at where those 2022 passkey plans stand, and what companies will have to do to deploy them across their enterprises. Interest in the technology, also referred to as passwordless — a bit of a ...

At RSA Conference, tales of real-world cyberattacks and warnings of fearsome new threats

The challenges of securing organizations haven’t changed much in the past year, and that means there’s still a lot more that needs to be done — especially as generative artificial intelligence and chatbots will require new tactics to fight attackers. That’s according to two panels that presented at last week’s RSA Conference in San Francisco. Among ...
COMMENTARY

Bruce Schneier’s plan to reinvent democracy

I have a confession to make: I am a complete Bruce Schneier fanboy. I have been following the cryptographer, Harvard lecturer and privacy specialist for many years, and was delighted to meet him face-to-face at last week’s RSA Conference in San Francisco, where he gave one of a keynote (registration required) on how to reinvent ...

What Does it Take to be Truly Multiplatform These Days?

I have been using Pandora’s online stream music service off and on for several years. What got me more interested lately was it being one of the many services on my Roku video streaming box, which my wife and I use mostly for watching movies from Netflix’s "watch instantly" queue. As I investigated the service ...

The New Browser Wars: Flash vs. Swipe

Pardon me for adding yet another iPad analysis (certainly, when a computer product launch makes it into Doonesbury, we have crossed a new threshold of hype), but one thing actually missing from the copious words and videos on yesterday’s event at Moscone was the simple fact that we have a new browser war on our ...

Which Haiti-Quake Charities are Getting It Done?

We all know by now about the horrific Haiti quake and how it has decimated that already impoverished country’s infrastructure last week. I have been spending time looking into how our own charitable infrastructure is holding up in getting funds and manpower to the relief effort. So far, the efforts have been mixed, to say ...

Web Informant: Automated Video Image Analysis will be the Next Big Breakthrough

Remember Chance the Gardener character in Being There? "I like to watch tv" was his famous line. The problem with most business videos is that we produce a lot of unwatchable footage, especially those taken by security camera systems. And there aren’t any Chances around that want to watch them, either. The trouble is that ...

Developing the Next Gen of iPhone Apps Programmers

I had an opportunity to audit a computer science class this week at Washington University, a class that was teaching students how to write iPhone apps. It was their final presentation, and I got to see a dozen apps that were very impressive. As I was watching the kids present, I was thinking back to ...