Brandon Vigliarolo, Author at TechRepublic

Brandon Vigliarolo

Brandon is a Staff Writer for TechRepublic. He's an award-winning feature and how-to writer who previously worked as an IT professional and served as an MP in the US Army.

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Security
Your COVID-19 digital passport might be a security risk

Experts and Symantec have found evidence that popular vaccine passport apps hand over personal information with zero encryption, along with other risky behaviors.

Brandon Vigliarolo
Published: March 9, 2022, 10:49 AM PST Modified: March 9, 2022, 10:49 AM PST Read More See more Security articles
Security
TLStorm exploits expose more than 20 million UPS units to takeover. Was yours one of them?

APC-branded uninterruptible power supplies were found to be vulnerable to three zero day exploits that could let an attacker physically damage the UPS and attached assets, Armis said.

Brandon Vigliarolo
Published: March 8, 2022, 12:44 PM PST Modified: March 8, 2022, 12:45 PM PST Read More See more Security articles
Hardware
The latest Apple event is great news for professional users

Another M1 variant and the Mac Studio stole the show, but there’s a new iPhone and iPad, too.

Brandon Vigliarolo
Published: March 8, 2022, 12:35 PM PST Modified: March 8, 2022, 1:26 PM PST Read More See more Hardware articles
Innovation
Have humans figured out how to make a warp bubble?

Don't pack your bags and move to Bozeman yet. This micro-scale warp bubble won't be capable of propulsion, but it could have myriad other applications, says its discoverer Dr. Sonny White.

Brandon Vigliarolo
Published: March 4, 2022, 2:29 PM PST Modified: March 4, 2022, 2:29 PM PST Read More See all videos
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Security
Log4Shell: Still out there, still dangerous, and how to protect your systems

Barracuda researchers have noticed a steady stream of attacks attempting to exploit the Log4j vulnerability since it was found. What’s interesting is where most attacks originate.

Brandon Vigliarolo
Published: March 3, 2022, 11:12 AM PST Modified: March 3, 2022, 11:12 AM PST Read More See more Security articles
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Security
Daxin: A Chinese-linked malware that is dangerous and nearly impossible to detect

Symantec said that the newly-discovered Daxin exhibits a previously unseen level of complexity, and it’s been targeting governments around the world for some time.

Brandon Vigliarolo
Published: March 2, 2022, 11:56 AM PST Modified: March 2, 2022, 11:56 AM PST Read More See more Security articles
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Security
Ransomware infections top list of the most common results of phishing attacks

Eighty-four percent of organizations were phishing victims last year, 59% of whom were hit with ransomware. Why, then, do less than a quarter of boards think ransomware is a top priority?

Brandon Vigliarolo
Published: March 2, 2022, 5:15 AM PST Modified: March 2, 2022, 5:15 AM PST Read More See more Security articles
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Security
Get ready for security in the age of the Extended Internet of Things, says Claroty

ICS vulnerability disclosures have grown by 110% since 2018, which Claroty said suggests more types of operational technologies are coming online and presenting soft targets.

Brandon Vigliarolo
Published: March 2, 2022, 5:15 AM PST Modified: March 2, 2022, 5:15 AM PST Read More See more Security articles
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Security
100 million Samsung phones affected by encryption weakness

The vulnerability lies in how Samsung implemented a portion of the Android Trusted Execution Environment, leading to devices as new as the S21 being vulnerable to initialization vector reuse attacks.

Brandon Vigliarolo
Published: March 1, 2022, 10:46 AM PST Modified: November 7, 2022, 2:07 PM PST Read More See more Security articles
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Hardware
Samsung’s latest generation of Windows laptops includes one built for work

The four-device lineup of the Galaxy Book2 series includes a Business model with special features, and the whole line is designed to integrate Samsung phones more than ever.

Brandon Vigliarolo
Published: February 27, 2022, 10:00 AM PST Modified: February 27, 2022, 10:00 AM PST Read More See more Hardware articles