In times of isolation...

When Sir Isaac Newton was in the university, the bubonic plague came around. Thus, he was forced to stay in self-isolation in his dorm for a very big period of time. This was the time that he came up with most of his big breakthroughs! When you are confined between four walls, your mind is deprived from the world’s stimulus; Thus, it tries to create new ones by getting to work…

We should ourselves try to follow this approach and use the time we stay at home in order to do creative things with our minds. Now is the time to read those books you had on your ToRead list, to learn that new language you never had time to really master (GO here I come), to build this app that may create your new startup or finally create an exploit for that internet explorer use-after-free vulnerability (good luck with that).

BUT, in the meantime, we should be aware that black hats have also extra time in their hands and maybe our defenses were for a long time in their ToHack list. So, if we can, and without exposing ourselves to others (hint: VPN), we should all stay vigilant and extra careful these days... Stay home, stay (cyber)safe!

This short article can also be found on our blog here.