Vulnerability Analysis – Protective Resources

Bleeding Edge AI Woes – Hacking ChatGPT to leak training data or steal users data.

by Zack HammAI, Corporate Compliance, Security Technology, Vulnerability Analysis December 27, 2023December 27, 2023No Comments

In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has emerged as a groundbreaking tool, offering remarkable capabilities in generating human-like text responses to complex questions or problems that a user provides in plan English. However, with great power comes great responsibility, and the advent of ChatGPT has raised pressing concerns in the realm of …

Another Oops for Cloud Services – InfluxDB Halts Service in Belgium/Sydney with Insufficient Customer Notice

by Zack HammCloud Services, Security Technology, Vulnerability Analysis July 18, 2023July 18, 2023No Comments

In the latest example of “If you don’t own the server you don’t own the data” cloud events, InfluxData recently closed operations in their Belgium and Sydney locations, with apparently woefully inadequate customer notification and follow up. In both instances, users were apparently notified only via email and via the InfluxDB documentation or status website. …

The Importance of Security Consultants in Designing Effective Security Systems

by Zack HammAccess Control, CPTED, Premises Liability, Security Consulting, Security Technology, Vulnerability Analysis July 17, 2023July 17, 2023No Comments

In an ever-evolving world with increasing security concerns, it has become imperative for businesses and organizations to prioritize the implementation of robust security systems. However, choosing the right approach and ensuring an effective security setup is not always straightforward. A renewed trend that was prevalent a couple of decades ago was for integrators to offer …

Vatican’s Security Dilemma: Dahua Cameras and the Potential Risks

by Zack HammCPTED, IP Video, New Equipment and Gadgets, Premises Liability, Security Technology, Vulnerability Analysis July 3, 2023July 3, 2023No Comments

The Vatican City, the spiritual and administrative headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, is an iconic destination visited by millions of tourists and worshipers each year. With its priceless artworks, historic buildings, and religious significance, protecting the Vatican’s security is of paramount importance. During a recent tour, we noted that the Vatican has implemented a …

Playing Around with the PinPoint Survey Application using Amazon Data

by Zack HammAccess Control, Application Development, CPTED, Premises Liability, PSIM, Security Consulting, Security Technology, Vulnerability Analysis November 14, 2022November 14, 2022No Comments

We put together a quick demo of the PinPoint Survey Application using some public data scraped from the web for all the US Amazon sites. The equipment names and photos are all generated, so don’t get too excited about thinking there are real Amazon security equipment details being posted on the web. Some of the …

Hacking Sony – Corporate culture broken from the top down

by Zack HammSecurity Technology, Vulnerability Analysis December 17, 2014December 17, 2014No Comments

[dropcap style=”square” color=”blue-grey”]O[/dropcap]ne of the questions I keep asking myself as I keep reading the dozens of recent articles about how Sony got hacked by “North Korea” is, why does Sony KEEP getting hacked? The short answer is “because they can”. But the longer answer points to a corporate culture that doesn’t understand the need …