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Nikolay Pankov

133 articles

The motivation of droids from the “Star Wars” universe
  • MTFBWY

What’s wrong with “Star Wars” droids’ motivation?

How and why droids from a galaxy far, far away switch their allegiances.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • May 4, 2026

Information security in the “Bad Batch”
  • MTFBWY

The Bad Batch: Tantiss base security

Cybersecurity measures of Tantiss base as depicted in the third season of “Star Wars: The Bad Batch”

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • May 4, 2024

Cybersecurity lessons from the movie "The Beekeeper".
  • movies

Beekeeper vs. cybercrime

Cybersecurity lessons from the movie “The Beekeeper”.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • April 1, 2024

A look at cybersecurity issues in season 3 of The Mandalorian show.
  • MTFBWY

Cybersecurity in season 3 of The Mandalorian

As per tradition, on May 4, we review the status of cybersecurity in a galaxy far, far away.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • May 4, 2023

Cybersecurity in the TV miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • truth

Obi-Wan Kenobi in terms of information security

How things stood with information security in a galaxy far, far away — nine years before the Battle of Yavin.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • July 28, 2022

Kaspersky's experts studied adverts on the darkweb and found out how much access to your company's infrastructure can cost.
  • access

Initial access market analysis

Our experts studied the shadow market for initial access to corporate infrastructure.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • June 17, 2022

  • truth

Hans Christian Andersen on security technologies

Our Danish colleague spilled a lot of cybersecurity ink in his works.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • December 30, 2021

  • truth

The Matrix Resurrections security assessment

A look at what’s changed in the Matrix in the 18 years since the last update.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • December 22, 2021

  • truth

Matrix vulnerabilities

Even to the naked eye, the Matrix’s flawed implementation threatens the system’s stability and security.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • December 17, 2021

Log4Shell: critical vulnerability in Apache Log4j
  • vulnerabilities

Critical vulnerability in Apache Log4j library

Researchers discovered a critical vulnerability in Apache Log4j library, which scores perfect 10 out of 10 in CVSS. Here’s how to protect against it.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • December 11, 2021

  • truth

Cybersecurity in 007’s world

What do James Bond and his Secret Intelligence Service colleagues know about cybersecurity?

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • October 29, 2021

  • supply chain

Popular JavaScript package UAParser.js infected with malware

Npm package UAParser.js, installed on tens of millions of computers worldwide, has been infected with a password stealer and a miner. Here’s what to do.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • October 25, 2021

Muad'Dib
  • truth

Information security in Dune

We take a look at information security practices on planet Arrakis.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • September 3, 2021

  • cybersecurity awareness

Information security guide for new employees

To minimize cyberincidents, issue a basic information security guide and make it compulsory reading for onboarding employees.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • June 29, 2021

  • truth

Tolkien’s dwarves and their cybersecurity technologies

Examples of the cybersecurity technologies and practices of Durin’s folk abound in Tolkien’s Middle-earth.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • June 25, 2021

  • social networks

Evil brand twins on Twitter

How to protect your clients from cybercriminals impersonating your company on Twitter.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • June 24, 2021

  • social engineering

How to dispose of corporate trash properly

Many companies throw out information that can pose a security or reputational risk.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • June 22, 2021

  • vulnerabilities

PuzzleMaker: Targeted attacks against multiple companies

Our technologies detected targeted attacks involving a number of zero-day exploits.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • June 8, 2021

  • RSAC

Protect networked IoT devices or protect the network from IoT devices?

IoT devices tend to greatly increase a company’s attack surface, but you can minimize the risk.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • June 4, 2021

  • RSAC

Routers prove weak point in remote-work strategy

Home and SOHO routers are often insecure, but companies can protect themselves from attacks through remote workers’ home routers.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • June 2, 2021

  • RSAC

Breaking the money mule’s back

At RSA Conference 2021, representatives of international financial institutions spoke about the fight against money mules and launderers.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • May 28, 2021

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