Monthly Archives: October 2019
High Schools Are Not Exempt From Attack
San Diego USD By Charles Parker, II; Cybersecurity Lab Engineer High schools are much like universities and colleges, in that these hold a mass amount of data which may easily […]
Hackers compromised Volusion infrastructure to siphon card details from thousands of sites
Hackers have compromised the infrastructure of Volusion and are distributing malicious software skimmers to steal payment card data provided by users. Volusion is a privately-held technology company that provides ecommerce software […]
Hackers continue to exploit the Drupalgeddon2 flaw in attacks in the wild
Researchers from Akamai uncovered a new campaign targeting the Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability to deliver malware. The popular security expert Larry W. Cashdollar from Akamai has uncovered a new campaign targeting the popular […]
US will help Baltic states to secure Baltic energy grid
The United States and Baltic announced cooperation to protect the Baltic energy grid from cyber attacks as they disconnect from the Russian electricity grid. The US and Baltic agreed to […]
Genesee County Systems Pwned!
Systems Down By Charles Parker, II; Cybersecurity Lab Engineer There are vast numbers of municipalities of various sizes adjacent to each other throughout each state in the nation. Each of […]
Investing In SIEM: How Your Business Can Improve Threat Detection and Response
By Chester Avey, Cyber Security Specialist, Independent. Despite continual advancements in security technologies to protect businesses from cyber threats, there remains no silver bullet to completely prevent breaches. And that’s […]
Configuration Mistakes That Provide Field Days for Hackers
By Tim Bandos, Vice President of Cybersecurity at Digital Guardian Sometimes it’s the little things. In hindsight, more often than not, getting hacked can stem from a minor misstep or […]
HiddenWasp and the Emergence of Linux-based Threats
By Intezer The Linux threat ecosystem is crowded with IoT DDoS botnets and crypto-mining malware. However, with low detection rates in nearly all leading anti-virus solutions, Linux threats pose new […]
The Myths You Shouldn’t Believe
By Sebastian Schaub, CEO, Hide.me There is a lot of information on the web regarding VPNs along with a wide and varied selection of VPN services to choose from. With […]
Still Misconfiguring Servers…
Addressing the Addressable By Charles Parker, II; Cybersecurity Lab Engineer When academics and students are writing papers, research is required. The research not only focused on the germane topic, however, […]
WatchGuard’s New Ruggedized Appliance Brings Simplified, Enterprise-Grade Security to Harsh Industrial Environments
I’ve been ‘watching’ WatchGuard go through many evolutions and transformations, while leading the SMB firewall market with fully loaded UTM solutions, starting with tiny little boxes that scale. Given the […]
New Research Shows Cyberattacks on SMBs Are Increasing Globally
A new survey from Keeper Security reports 66% of SMBs globally experienced a cyberattack within the past 12 months, 76% in the U.S For the third consecutive year, small and […]
Effectively Using Email Authentication Standards for Stronger Message Integrity
By Jeff Stein, Information Security Architect, Reputation.com Once known as electronic mail and used for simple but near-instantaneous communication between computers, email has evolved to be used for a variety […]
Security in Orbit: Addressing the Current State of Satellite Security
By Geoff Pierce, Chief Information Security Officer, Centauri With 5G finally starting to roll out across the country, the anticipation for new IoT applications continues to build. With that anticipation […]
DDOS as a Distraction
How to Recognize Linked Network Attacks By Sarah Katz, Cyber Security Specialist Given the highly dynamic nature of cyberspace, the threat landscape changes every day. As new risks emerge, both […]
Cyber Defense Global Awards Coming to IPEXPO Europe 2019
This is Cyber Defense Magazine’s seventh year of honoring InfoSec innovators from around the globe. Our submission requirements are for any startup, early stage, later stage or public companies in […]
UK NCSC agency warns of APTs exploiting Enterprise VPN vulnerabilities
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of attacks exploiting recently disclosed VPN vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure According to the UK’s National Cyber Security […]
Dutch police shut down bulletproof service hosting tens of DDoS botnets
Dutch police seized a bulletproof hosting service in a major takedown, the infrastructure was used by tens of IoT botnets involved in DDoS attacks. A joint operation conducted by the […]
The Malware Research Insights
By Milica D. Djekic The malware by itself is any piece of malicious code that is capable to cause damage to the current IT configuration. The malicious applications could function […]
Benefits of Conducting Crown Jewels Analysis
The main goal is to identify mission-critical cyber assets, but there are additional benefits… By Zsolt Baranya, Information Security Auditor, Black Cell Ltd. Crown Jewels Analysis is a MITRE methodology […]
Crowdsourced Security and the Gig Economy
Alive and well in the worst way By Alex Haynes, CISO, CDL Let’s pretend you have offensive security skills and you want to use them for gainful employment. You attend […]
Cybersecurity and Compliance 1-2-3? Start With G-R-C
By John South, Senior Director of Global Threat Intelligence Development at NTT, Ltd. When an individual responsible for security, compliance and risk management in a corporation addresses these topics, the […]
The Correlation Between Psychological and Cyber Warfare
By Milica D. Djekic The cyberspace is so suitable place for putting many different contents there. Those contents could get experts, funny as well as the part of some psychological […]
Slow Response Times to Blame for Phishing Attack Success on Organizations
By Atif Mushtaq, CEO, and founder, SlashNext Phishing poses a looming vulnerability for many enterprises today because the attackers have upped their game. They can now set up and take […]
Why You Should Use a VPN When Working With Cryptocurrencies?
Due to the increase in the hacking of Cryptocurrencies, it’s necessary for crypto users to use encryption tools. By Susan Alexandra, Contributing Writer, None It’s been two years since cryptocurrency […]
The Need for a Better Protection of Small Businesses
By Milica D. Djekic The small businesses are the most common way of enterprises bringing over half of the GDP to any economy worldwide. From such a perspective, it’s quite […]
Security Researchers Discover Massive Trend in Phishing Scams
Targeting Businesses 193% increase in PDF Phishing Detections indicate Phishing to still be a prime threat vector By Shawn Pope In Nuspire’s quarterly threat landscape report, three main vector datasets; […]
The Storm after the Breach
How Consumers and Institutions Should Guard against Cybertheft By Archie Agarwal, CEO & founder, ThreatModeler Data breaches and cyberattacks have been hitting several of the highest-profile financial and media institutions […]
Hybrid Offenses as a Current Security Concern
By Milica D. Djekic When we say an offense we would mean any kind of criminality being a transnational crime, human trafficking or act of terrorism. In its essence, any […]
Going Beyond Compliance: What New Regulations Mean For Your Company
Cyber Defense Magazine By Zack Schuler, founder, and CEO of NINJIO How many times have you shared a piece of personal information online over the past year? If you’re adding […]