Today Rendition Infosec presented a webcast on the Facebook API breach. We covered what we know and what we don’t about the breach up to this point. Note: the audio has a few issues. I apologize for some audio problems we had due to a user interface issue with our webcast provider. We’ve fixed it […]

Yesterday, the social media archival service Timehop announced that they had suffered a breach. The service allows users to look back through their social media feeds to see what was happening last year for instance. In order to facilitate this, Timehop stores API keys for users’ social media accounts. Timehop did a great job disabling […]

Yesterday, Zack Whittaker from ZDNet published a story about ICE attempting to gain information about a Twitter user who publishes information about data left exposed on the Internet. This is likely about export control regulations, but even if so, it is precedent setting. In this post, I share some thoughts on how this may change […]

Leading information security firm to tap Cybereason’s vast experience and expertise in endpoint detection and response.    Augusta, Georgia – October 3, 2017 – Rendition Infosec, the nation’s leading provider of information security solutions and consultation, today announced that the company has partnered with Cybereason and that the company will immediately begin providing Cybereason’s industry […]

The US DoJ recently released guidance on running vulnerability disclosure programs (aka bug bounties).  The document is nothing earth shattering, but does provide some free advice to organizations considering such programs. Rendition’s advice to organizations considering a bug bounty program? Think VERY carefully about how it will impact your monitoring and detection strategies. People looking […]

In a Reuters article yesterday, former FBI employees commented on the case investigating Kaspersky and reported a serious allegation against the Russian antivirus giant. According to the article: Two former employees and a person briefed on the FBI case told Reuters that Kaspersky software has at times inappropriately inspected and removed files from users’ machines […]

New office to enable network security industry leader to better serve growing client base in the region and capitalize on emerging global market opportunities. Augusta, Georgia – July 12, 2017 – Rendition Infosec, the nation’s leading provider of network security solutions and consultation, today announced the establishment of the company’s new corporate headquarters in Augusta, Georgia, […]

While Rendition Infosec commends Eugene Kaspersky’s move of transparency for a code audit, this won’t really ensure security. Eugene Kaspersky has also offered to testify in front of Congress, but it seems doubtful that his testimony would sway many people on this. What about a code audit? And a code audit is not really the […]

Recently we had a client call us about a problem on their network.  Rendition Infosec runs a 24×7 security monitoring service and had a client call about an antivirus alert for PUA (potentially unwanted application).  This class of alert is often difficult to tune out since attackers and administrators often use the same software tools. […]