Cybersecurity strategy perspectives for the emerging risks and opportunities of securing our digital world. The insights of today will lead to tomorrow's security, privacy, and safety foundations.
1 week ago 3 minute read Matthew Rosenquist
Cryptocurrency fraud is aggressively on the rise and topped over $4 billion last year, according to the security tracking company Chainalysis. This is especially shocking to those who thought they had found an incredible investment in the cryptocurr...
1 week ago 1 minute read Matthew Rosenquist
I am looking forward to the 2020 Techno Security & Digital Forensic conference in San Diego CA on March 9th-11th. I was honored to deliver last year's keynote and looking at the list of sessions, this year's lineup is even better. Drones...
2 weeks ago 4 minute read Matthew Rosenquist
Artificial intelligence – more specifically, the machine learning (ML) subset of AI - has a number of privacy problems. Not only does ML require vast amounts of data for the training process, but the derived system is also provided with access to ev...
3 weeks ago 2 minute read Matthew Rosenquist
Avast was recently caught selling user's web browsing data. Sensitive data like website destinations, search terms, and even what videos customers watched were collected by Avast software residing on customers' computers. The data was repackaged a...
4 weeks ago 1 minute read Matthew Rosenquist
New CPU Vulnerabilities Discovered RIDL/ZombieLoad and L1DES/CacheOut are just the latest variants of vulnerabilities discovered in Intel CPU’s that target Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS) weaknesses. Discovered over 7 months ago, researchers...
4 weeks ago 1 minute read Matthew Rosenquist
Privacy Day promotes the fundamental principles of being able to control your personal information and to raise awareness of the risks in our digital society. The advancement and adoption of communication technology have elevated this issue to a wor...
4 weeks ago 1 minute read Matthew Rosenquist
Vice magazine recently reported that the Avast anti-virus company was harvesting their customer’s browsing data and selling it to other companies. This included what sites, keyword searches, YouTube videos, and other data which showcased user’s act...
23 Jan 2020 1 minute read Matthew Rosenquist
Not often do I get a warm and fuzzy feeling about cybersecurity. In almost all cases the news is bad. This is a rare occasion. Thanks to Interpol, Southeast Asia saw a 78% decrease in cryptojacking! That is truly amazing! Cryptojacking often inv...
22 Jan 2020 1 minute read Matthew Rosenquist
I am excited to join the development team for the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Smart Cities and Communities Framework (SCCF) with a focus on cybersecurity and privacy. The volunteer team is working to develop a compreh...
20 Jan 2020 1 minute read Matthew Rosenquist
As a cybersecurity speaker, it is important to communicate in ways that resonate, inform, and inspire audiences. It is always nice when someone uses one of my quotes, validating I made a worthwhile connection. In this case, my insights were part o...
