In the present modern day world, social media is considered to be the biggest and the largest medium of communication. Social Media usage has become so commonplace, that it is currently being compared to buying groceries and eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner. With this spike in usage comes a significant increase in malicious and cyber…
Cyber-Attacks have grown significantly in complexity, rendering the majority of ‘Off the Shelf’ detection solutions ineffective. In addition, due to advanced subterfuge techniques, malware often goes unnoticed by system administrators despite being clearly visible to experienced investigators. We have to rely on the human factor, i.e. the analysts, to outsmart the sophisticated attackers. An effective…
What is multi-Factor authentication? This is considered to be an essential security tool presently required by most industries nowadays to be utilized in the fight against advanced cyber-attacks and phishing. Typical scenarios for multi-factor authentication include ATM fund withdrawals and online shopping. With Two-Factor Authentication there are two passwords required to process an ATM…
What is Crypto-jacking? There are two types of Cryptojacking: File-based Cryptojacking File-based Crypto-jacking requires a corporate network in conjunction with a malware based infiltration. Many of these attacks are self-propagating, spreading through the network, and creating enormous cleanup costs. They may also drop additional malware in the internal system as they propagate. Browser-based Cryptojacking…
Security Operations Center should be different based on Supported Industry Specifications Not all Business Sectors or industries require the same Security Operations Center roadmap. In this article we take a look at how Security Operations Centers differ within the Education, Public Safety, and Public Events business sectors. Educational Security Operations Centers Today’s Education Security Operations…
Facts about Phishing The term Phishing is referred to as social engineering which utilizes the digital world for malicious purposes. Information systems are paramount to the success of all businesses. Phishing has created a means in which these Information Systems are vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Some facts about Phishing: Over the last three years, Phishing attacks…
Veeam server lapse leaks over 440 million email addresses https://t.co/As7nQFUqVO — TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) September 11, 2018
‘Unhackable’ Digital Wallet Gets Hacked, Againhttps://t.co/cdBeH2BUhX — SecureWorld (@SecureWorld) September 4, 2018
‘500 Million Pieces of Customer Data’ Involved in Chinese Hotel Group Breachhttps://t.co/rEdgdZSn01 — SecureWorld (@SecureWorld) August 30, 2018
Phishing scams targeting pastors: Who’s next? https://t.co/W8nUQcINK5 #security #govtech @govcso pic.twitter.com/83BSQQBdgg — Govtech.com (@govtechnews) August 27, 2018
T-mobile experienced a data breach recently; however, it was underreported because only 2.31 million customers were affected. Apparently, data breaches have to be in the hundreds of millions to make the headlines. This neglected reporting is unfortunate because any amount of stolen customer information is a serious matter. Hopefully, T-mobile’s security team can investigate the…
Sen. Markey wants details on cyber threats to the U.S. gridhttps://t.co/YPPDcBCi7j In letters to federal agencies and power companies, Sen. Edward Markey wants more information on reports of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in U.S. power systems. — FCW (@FCWnow) August 14, 2018
