Five worthy reads: Supply chain cyberwarfare
Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week we are exploring the concept of supply chain cybersecurity in a time when there is a rising number of third-party cyberattacks. The top-of-the-mind priority for cybersecurity stakeholders is to secure the organizations’ IT assets […]
Optrics Insider – Update on Solarwinds Attack, Extreme Networks Misses Flash Deadline & DNSpooq
Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss FireEye’s update on the Solarwinds attack, Flash is dead but Extreme Networks didn’t get the memo, DNSpooq and SonicWall joins FireEye, Microsoft and MalwareBytes on the list of network security companies who have been hacked. Timecodes: 0:00 – Intro 0:20 – Today’s 3 […]
January 2021 Patch Tuesday fixes 83 vulnerabilities
As IT administrators do their best to cope with business continuity plans, it’s imperative that they understand and manage patch updates. With cybersecurity threats on the rise thanks to the pandemic, it is essential to gain a better understanding of the Patch Tuesday releases, and find ways to deploy them to remote endpoints efficiently. Microsoft […]
IT security under attack: Credential dumping attacks in Windows environments
Most of the time, threat actors in the cybersecurity landscape don’t employ advanced techniques and tools to intrude and establish a foothold within networks. Often, they disguise malicious operations by mimicking the activities of legitimate users, leaving behind little to no footprint. Blending malicious actions with day-to-day IT activities helps attackers maintain a low profile […]
Interpol Warns of Romance Scams
Interpol has issued a notice describing a scam tactic popular on dating applications. The scheme is a mixture of a romance scam and an investment fraud, taking advantage of victims’ loneliness and their desire to make money. “In the initial stages, an artificial romance is established via a dating app,” Interpol says. “Once communication becomes […]
World Economic Forum: COVID Makes Cybersecurity Problem No. 1
The WEF just published their recent survey over worldwide corporate leaders. When asked about technology objectives that have become a greater priority due to COVID, they elevated information security to the No. 1 position, with business continuity and resilience following right after. These days, that’s practically all in the IT domain. Here is a list […]
Vaccine Research Companies are the Target of New Ransomware Attacks
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) warns financial organizations to be aware of campaigns actively targeting vaccine companies. If you’re a ransomware gang and you want to maximize your ransom, who do you attack? An organization working feverishly to potentially make billions of dollars via a desperately needed vaccine, of course! Take […]
The 10 Phases Of Organizational Security Awareness
After 10 years of continued expansion in the security awareness space and providing our platform to tens of thousands of customers, we have observed a certain progress of organizational security awareness over time. The speed of this progress is different by org size, geolocation, and industry, but we see this same pattern return over and […]
Familiar Advice, but Worth Repeating
Researchers at ESET outline some security best practices to avoid falling for phishing emails. In an article for TechZone360, the researchers explain how to identify suspicious links. “Before clicking on an embedded link in the body of an email, inspect it first!” ESET says. “Hackers often conceal malicious links within emails, and mix them with […]
Optrics Insider – Windows Update to Avoid, Taking Down TrickBot & Important NAS Update
Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss a Windows update to avoid, how researchers took down TrickBot and an important NAS update. Timecodes: 0:00 – Intro 0:18 – Today’s 3 topics 1:06 – Topic 1: Windows Update to Avoid 5:57 – Topic 2: Taking Down TrickBot 7:59 – Topic 3: […]