To begin, for those finding Bsquared Intel for the first time and are unfamiliar with OSINT, let’s define it. OSINT, or Open Source Intelligence, is collecting, analyzing, and using publicly available information to help make decisions or answer questions. Also, OSINT isn’t the be all end all solution. It has it’s limitations. However, when used [...]
Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by. We wanted to take a quick minute to highlight what Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed into the law other day. Before we dive in, an obligatory disclaimer. We are not lawyers. This post is not considered legal advice or a legal opinion. We urge you to consult [...]
Based on reporting and our own observations, here are some reasons why ransomware isn't letting up any time soon: Cyber liability insurance policies with ransomware/extortion policies in them have incentivised attackers. The bad actors know that if their victim organization has a cyber extortion policy, they'll be paid. Some industries, like healthcare, may end up [...]
To start, an unauthorized user is someone who doesn't have permission to access a computer or a system. Unauthorized access is bypassing security policies and controls to said computer or system. Here are a few ways this happens: In Verizon's 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report, the FBI's 2020 Internet Crime Report, and EUROPOL's Internet Organized [...]
Many miles were walked during Project Warwalk to collect WiFi SSID data during the summer of 2020 in a neighborhood. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the whole project started because of the combination of curiosity and having plenty of downtime. From July 14th, 2020 through July 21st, 2020, we collected thousands of data points. While [...]
Welcome back to the sixth entry of our research project, Project Warwalk. If this is your first time here, hello! To read the other entries related to this series and check out the glossary, click here . This entry to this series marks a distinctive shift when we’re talking about WiFi and specifically SSIDs. The [...]
Welcome back and thanks for stopping by! For those new here, thanks for checking out Project Warwalk. You can check out all of our articles in the series here and visit the glossary to look up any terms. This entry is going to discuss network connected and IoT (Internet of Things) devices. We’ll be talking [...]
Welcome back to the latest Project Warwalk article. In this post, we’re going to build off of what we published last week, so click here to get up to speed for the topic we’re talking about today. To catch up on the earlier articles, click here. To briefly recap, in our last post we talked [...]
Welcome back to Bsquared Intel’s Project Warwalk. If you would like to get up to speed, click here to go to the posts you missed and to learn about the project or reference our glossary. Last week we broke down the numbers. Today we’re going to explore what the data we collected can show with [...]
Welcome back to the second installment of Project Warwalk. If you’re just tuning in, start here to learn about what this project is and use the Glossary for your reference. In this post, we’ll be laying out the numbers for you and how they will pop up in the future articles in this series. The [...]
