Jeremy Smillie

UEBA - Employee Monitoring

Security or Surveillance? The Fine Line of Workplace Monitoring

About the Author – Security or Surveillance? The Fine Line of Workplace Monitoring Recently, a former colleague asked me about security behavior analytics tools available on the market. While I don’t claim to know every product out there, I took the time to research the specific tool they were interested in. During my research, I […]

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IoT Devices are vulnerable

Stop Ignoring Botnets: Alarming Security Flaws Are Leaving You Vulnerable

About The Author – Stop Ignoring Botnets: Alarming Security Flaws Are Leaving You Vulnerable I recently wrote about how bots wreak havoc on our applications through methods like credential stuffing and credit card BIN surfing. After that article, several people asked me how these bots operate. In this post, I want to share my journey

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tap to pay

Beyond the Tap: What You Need to Know About NFC Security and Liability

About the Author – Beyond the Tap: What You Need to Know About NFC Security and Liability I’ve worked in the payments industry for years, but I had never witnessed such widespread technology adoption until my recent trip to Dubai. Everywhere I turned, I saw individuals—often sole proprietors—equipped to accept credit card payments as casually

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Resignation

Fear No Wave: How to Fortify Your Business Against the Great Resignation 2.0

About the Author – Fear No Wave: How to Fortify Your Business Against the Great Resignation 2.0 I’ll admit it: I’m a news junkie, especially when it comes to job market trends. Lately, I can’t scroll through my feed without hearing about a looming “Great Resignation 2.0.” If you remember the first one near the

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Vacation Policies

Cut Fraud and Strengthen Security: Make Vacation Time Your Best Defense

About the Author – Cut Fraud and Strengthen Security: Make Vacation Time Your Best Defense Companies of all sizes often ask me, “Jeremy, how can our HR team possibly make a difference in our cybersecurity posture?” It’s a question I love addressing because it highlights one of my core beliefs: cybersecurity isn’t just about fancy

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stuffing attacks

Credit Card Testing: What You Need to Know

About the Author – Credit Card Testing: What You Need to Know Early in my career, I underestimated the scale and sophistication of automated cyberattacks. I vividly remember the first time I encountered a credential-stuffing attack; it was eye-opening. Dozens of accounts were being accessed simultaneously, and the speed of the bot-driven assault overwhelmed the

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data redundancy

The 3-2-1 Backup Strategy Simplified

About the Author – The 3-2-1 Backup Strategy Simplified When I first encountered the 3-2-1 rule, it revolutionized my understanding of data security. The simplicity of keeping three copies of your data—on two different types of media, with one stored off-site—provides a universal blueprint for resilience. While cloud solutions simplify this principle, legacy systems require

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Sharing a computer

Secure Your Digital Life: 4 Essential Steps to System Hardening

About the Author – Secure Your Digital Life: 4 Essential Steps to System Hardening Unboxing a new computer, phone, or tablet is always exciting. That first moment of powering it on, exploring its features, and testing its speed—it’s thrill tech enthusiasts know well. But soon, you might share it with a friend or family member.

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client side attacks

Critical Pitfalls in Client-Side Processing: Secure Your Data Now

About the Author – Critical Pitfalls in Client-Side Processing: Secure Your Data Now As a cybersecurity expert, I’ve seen countless times when developers, under pressure, prioritize speed and responsiveness to deliver a seamless user experience. Unfortunately, this often leads to critical security mistakes. To optimize performance, developers may pass secret keys to the client, dump

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Bots are attacking us

Uncover the Truth: Stop Persistent Bots with New Tactics

About the Author – Uncover the Truth: Stop Persistent Bots with New Tactics A few years ago, whenever I faced issues with credential stuffing, automated email form fillers, or bin surfing on web applications, my immediate solution was simple: implement reCAPTCHA or one of its alternatives. It was a reliable go-to. But lately, what I’ve

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