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)...
by Shawn | Nov 23, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security
An ad fraud scheme dubbed Matryoshka is preferentially targeting U.S. swing states in a reportedly Russian-owned mobile app that has historically been linked with white supremacism content, according to an ad fraud vendor. Matryoshka, of course, are nesting Russian...
by Shawn | Nov 20, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security, Security Breach, Technology News
An active botnet comprising hundreds of thousands of hijacked systems spread across 30 countries is exploiting “dozens of known vulnerabilities” to target widely-used content management systems (CMS). The “KashmirBlack” campaign, which is...
by Shawn | Nov 18, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Network Security, News, Security, Security Breach
Apricorn announced new findings from a Twitter poll exploring the data security and business preparedness for remote working during the pandemic. More than 30% of respondents singled out employee education as being the biggest area companies needed to make changes to...
by Shawn | Nov 16, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security, Security Breach, Technology News
Google has disclosed details of a new zero-day privilege escalation flaw in the Windows operating system that’s being actively exploited in the wild. The elevation of privileges (EoP) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-17087, concerns a buffer overflow present...
by Shawn | Nov 13, 2020 | Computer Networking, Network Security, Networking, News, Uncategorized
It’s easy to see how network tool sprawl gets started. The needs and challenges facing security and networking groups are immense. Network speeds have steadily increased, and there are always new demands and uses. Network conditions and requirements change weekly, if...
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