Howard Poston

Howard Poston is a cybersecurity researcher with a background in cryptography and malware analysis. He has a Master’s degree in Cyber Operations from the Air Force Institute of Technology and two years of experience in cybersecurity R&D at Sandia National Labs. He currently provides consulting and technical content writing for cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and blockchain.

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MITRE ATT&CK™ November 10, 2020 Howard Poston

How to Use the MITRE ATT&CK® Framework and Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis Together

The Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis is based upon the premise that every cyberattack consists of an adversary using some capability over infrastructure...

MITRE ATT&CK™ November 10, 2020 Howard Poston

MITRE ATT&CK® Framework Tactics: An Overview

The MITRE ATT&CK® framework is designed to provide information about cybersecurity and the methods by which an attacker can achieve certain goals that...

MITRE ATT&CK™ November 10, 2020 Howard Poston

MITRE ATT&CK® Framework Matrices: An Overview

The MITRE ATT&CK® framework is a tool designed to educate about cybersecurity threats and attack vectors and provide additional structure to cybersecurity...

MITRE ATT&CK™ November 10, 2020 Howard Poston

The Ultimate Guide to the MITRE ATT&CK® Framework

The MITRE ATT&CK® framework is a knowledge base containing information about the various ways in which a cyberattacker can achieve certain goals. It...

Blockchain security October 14, 2020 Howard Poston

Second-Layer Protocols

Blockchain technology was a major innovation. The original Bitcoin whitepaper, authored by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, described the first system...

Blockchain security October 14, 2020 Howard Poston

Alternative Distributed Ledger Architectures

Blockchains are the original distributed ledger architecture, and the creation of blockchain was a major innovation. However, blockchains also have their...

Blockchain security October 14, 2020 Howard Poston

Ethereum Vulnerabilities

Ethereum is the first and most widely-used smart contract platform. This means that it has had the most opportunity to undergo security analysis and have...

Blockchain security October 13, 2020 Howard Poston

Blockchain Vulnerabilities

Smart contracts are computer programs. However, they run in a very different environment than traditional computer programs. Smart contracts run on top...

Blockchain security October 13, 2020 Howard Poston

General Programming Vulnerabilities

Smart contracts are programs that run on top of the blockchain’s distributed ledger. Instead of using the blockchain to perform financial transactions...

Blockchain security October 13, 2020 Howard Poston

Attacking the Network

The blockchain protocol defines a peer-to-peer network of blockchain nodes that communicate with one another to implement the functionality of the blockchain. ...

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