Bruce P. Burrell

Bruce P. Burrell

Research Fellow

Education: I highly recommend it.

Position: Security researcher

Most-loathed malware: Whatever afflicts the customer

Golden Rule: Never open attachments or links in unsolicited email (or IMs, or whatever), even when they appear to be from those you know and trust; Silver Rule: Protect your privacy!

First computer: Digi-Comp     

Latest Articles

Scams

I Still Didn’t See What You Did

I Still Didn’t See What You Did

Scams

I didn't see what you did, redux

I didn't see what you did, redux

Scams

I saw what you did...or did I?

I saw what you did...or did I?

Back to university: cybersecurity now a major concern in higher education

Back to university: cybersecurity now a major concern in higher education
5 articles by Bruce P. Burrell

Scams

I Still Didn’t See What You Did

I Still Didn’t See What You Did

Scams

I Still Didn’t See What You Did

More advice for detecting and avoiding sextortion scams

Bruce P. Burrell • 21 Mar 2019 • 11 min. read

Scams

I didn't see what you did, redux

I didn't see what you did, redux

Scams

I didn't see what you did, redux

Cyberblackmail/sextortion again raises its not-so-pretty little head

Bruce P. Burrell • 19 Mar 2019 • 9 min. read

Scams

I saw what you did...or did I?

I saw what you did...or did I?

Scams

I saw what you did...or did I?

It might seem legit but there are several reasons why you should not always hit the panic button when someone claims to have your email password

Bruce P. Burrell • 26 Jul 2018 • 3 min. read

Back to university: cybersecurity now a major concern in higher education

Back to university: cybersecurity now a major concern in higher education

Back to university: cybersecurity now a major concern in higher education

Cybersecurity topics and panels were rated one of the “6 Best Things” at the recent Campus Tech conference, in Boston.

Bruce P. Burrell • 19 Aug 2015 • 2 min. read

Less Technical

Criminals target school data: top 10 security measures for educational institutions

Criminals target school data: top 10 security measures for educational institutions

Less Technical

Criminals target school data: top 10 security measures for educational institutions

Every educational institution should be aware that cyber criminals make money by stealing personal information and selling it on the black market to other criminals who turn the data into cash through a range of fraudulent schemes. Here are ten security measures schools should take to defend against this type of data crime.

Bruce P. Burrell • 03 Jul 2014 • 7 min. read