In a typical home environment, you plug in all your devices, allow them to access the internet, and that is all that needs to be done. All devices are connected to the internet but more […]
Increasing Security through Network Segmentation
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How to Prevent Ransomware
In our ever-evolving cyber world, the rise of ransomware attacks only increases by the day. Companies have been forced to pay millions of dollars just to recover from these types of attacks. In 2017 alone […]
Best Practice in Security Layers
Security layers are Security Best practice. No one type of security provides a complete security solution. This report focuses on network segmentation. The separation of critical networks from the Internet and other internal, less sensitive […]
Vulnerability Scanning Vs. Penetration Testing
What Is Vulnerability Scanning? Vulnerability Scanning is an automated process of identifying network, application, and security vulnerabilities. Vulnerability scanning is performed by the technology department of an organization or a third-party service provider. Vulnerability scanners […]
What is Penetration Testing?
A penetration test is an authorized simulated attack performed on a computer system to evaluate its security. Penetration testers use the same tools, techniques, and processes as attackers to find and demonstrate the business impacts […]
The Weekly Roundup (2020-November-14)
2020 – November 09 Breaches Reported The group Luxottica (who owns LensCrafters, Target Optical, and EyeMed) just recently disclosed a data breach that occurred on August 5, 2020. The breach came from their online appointment […]
Top Five Exploited Vulnerabilities By Chinese State-Sponsored Actors
Back on October 20, 2020, the United States National Security Agency (NSA) published a cybersecurity advisory about Chinese state-sponsored malicious cyber activity. This post we will be covering 5 of those vulnerabilities. “Since these techniques include exploitation […]
The Weekly Roundup – October 31, 2020
October 26, 2020 DeFi Offering $100k Reward A decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol is offering a $100k reward for help in contacting its alleged cyber-attacker. Tweet posted a week ago that Harvest Finance had allegedly been targeted by an unknown […]
CVE-2020-17087 – Windows Kernel local privilege escalation 0day
Security researchers from Google Project Zero team has disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in Windows OS and that it is currently being exploited in the wild. Credited: Mateusz Jurczyk and Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero […]
The Weekly Cybersecurity Roundup – October 24, 2020
October 19th, 2020 Vizom malware Researchers have encounter a replacement malware variant, dubbed Vizom, that’s being actively utilized in a lively campaign across Brazil. The malware is currently being used to compromise bank accounts via […]