After a year’s postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UEFA 2020 European Football Championship tournament (aka the Euros) ended up playing out over 4 weeks across June and July, culminating with the Italian national team defeating England in the […]
Executive Summary In early June 2021, Black Lotus Labs identified ReverseRat, a remote access trojan (RAT) operated by a suspected Pakistani actor that was targeting government and energy sector organizations in South and Central Asia. After publishing our initial research, […]
This blog was co-written with Mark Ramach, Principal Software Developer. The federal cloud migration is well underway. Additionally, our federal customers are requesting increasing levels of automation via system-to-system interactions. Because of this, our portals and products are becoming increasingly […]
Introduction “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know […]
Enabling excellent end-user experiences around the world can be a challenge in regions such as Asia-Pacific, where varying infrastructure capability and geographical separation between some countries creates additional complexity. This is why Lumen has prioritized APAC as one of our […]
Introduction Last August, Black Lotus Labs participated in the DEF CON Red Team Village CTF. If that sentence reads as gobbledygook to you, read on as we unpack it. This blog will introduce CTFs and related security concepts, then show […]
By delivering the fastest, most secure platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences, Lumen plays a critical role in the communications and technology ecosystem that can help protect the cybersecurity of all things. […]
In the past year, many small to medium-sized businesses had to shift to new ways of managing their businesses. The ability to work from anywhere took on greater importance, and that meant data accessibility, application performance and integrated solutions were […]
As cord-cutting continues to rise and more viewers around the world consume television over the top (OTT), the need for broadcast-quality streaming could not be clearer. That’s especially true for live content, where both the quality and timeliness of the […]
One of the greatest technological achievements of the 20th century was the implementation of the 9-1-1 emergency calling system. Serious work began in the 1960s, with steps taken by both the telecommunications industry and the combined efforts of local, state […]
