by Shawn | Dec 16, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Network Security, Security
At present, web applications have become the top targets for attackers because of potential monetization opportunities. Security breaches on the web application can cost millions. Strikingly, DNS (Domain Name System) related outage and Distributed denial of service...
by Shawn | Dec 14, 2020 | News, Technology News
Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is having a moment. Just a few years ago, presentations on OSINT began with a quote from one of a few different senior intelligence community officials who reportedly said that somewhere between 80-90% of valuable information comes...
by Shawn | Dec 11, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Hacker, Security, Security Breach, zero trust
Why zero-trust security for email? It has been 20 years since sender identity fraud shifted to the world of email and became known as phishing. In the early days, email threats were largely content-centric and usually included a malicious link or attachment to trick a...
by Shawn | Dec 9, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Malware, News, Security
Emotet is one of the most dangerous and widespread malware threats active today. Ever since its discovery in 2014—when Emotet was a standard credential stealer and banking Trojan, the malware has evolved into a modular, polymorphic platform for distributing other...
by Shawn | Dec 7, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Security
In April 2014, the Heartbleed vulnerability hit the internet by surprise. Heartbleed was the name given to the CVE-2014-0160, which was a simple to exploit in Open SSL that allow attackers to view cryptographic keys, login credentials and other private data. Open SSL...
by Shawn | Dec 4, 2020 | Cybersecurity, News
As institutions of higher education reel from recent cyberattacks in the United Kingdom, IT departments work tirelessly to secure sensitive student data. Student records offer a wealth of personally identifiable information (PII) from birth dates and social security...
by Shawn | Dec 2, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security, Security Breach
Cybersecurity researchers today unveiled a complex and targeted espionage attack on potential government sector victims in South East Asia that they believe was carried out by a sophisticated Chinese APT group at least since 2018. “The attack has a complex and...
by Shawn | Nov 30, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Security
Generally, the chief information security officer (CISO) is thought of as the top executive responsible for information security within organizations. However, in today’s remote work environment, the need to expand security beyond one department or the...
by Shawn | Nov 27, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Network Security, Security, Security Breach
The term “best practice” often comes up in tandem with “cyber hygiene.” At the Center for Internet Security (CIS), we’ve taken our best shot at a specific definition for basic cyber hygiene, based on CIS Controls Implementation Group 1. But I thought I would share...
by Shawn | Nov 25, 2020 | Access Control, News, Security
As a cloud-based visitor management provider for enterprise companies worldwide, my team and I have always been vigilant in keeping the lines of communication open with our clients. This is especially true since March 11, 2020, when the World Health Organization (WHO)...
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