The National Security Agency (NSA) has announced its intention to create a cybersecurity directorate this fall in a bid to defend the U.S. against foreign adversaries. It comes at a time of increasing election interference by foreign nations such as Russia as part of an ongoing strategy to destabilize the West. According Read more…
Yahoo News is reporting that a “retaliatory digital strike against an Iranian spy group” was carried out this past Thursday. The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Associated Press all confirmed the report with their own sources, including the further detail that the cyber attack was approved by President Donald Trump. It was the same Read more…
Internet already being weaponized – US cyberattack on Iran won’t help Cyber-warfare suddenly went public late last month. Multiple media outlets reported that President Donald Trump had authorized U.S. Cyber Command to conduct a cyberstrike on Iran. Obviously, this isn’t the first such attack by a nation, or even by Read more…
Small Businesses Are Prime Targets Cyber espionage is one of the most pressing cybersecurity risks for small businesses. These attacks are designed to steal data, but many believe they are immune to these attacks because they don’t own a great deal of valuable data. Despite that, one in five U.S. Read more…
Attacks against automated teller machines (ATMs) are nothing new, for obvious reasons. They are a perfect target for both conventional thieves and hackers, standing at the intersection of physical theft and cyber crime. Particularly in the developing world, ATMs often lack basic cybersecurity precautions, with archaic operating systems and minimal Read more…
Today, the most common web application attacks are exceeding network attacks, due to the fact that web applications have more vulnerabilities and user/client side errors, making them easier to penetrate and access. Injection Attacks Common User Input attacks that have been around forever and are extremely common place. If you Read more…
Buffer overflow vulnerabilities deal with buffers, or memory allocations in languages that offer direct, low-level access to read and write memory. Since the birth of the information security industry, buffer overflows have found a way to remain newsworthy. In the late 1980s, a buffer overflow in UNIX’s fingerd program allowed Read more…
Attackers these days want to ‘own’ your entire system, including partners and suppliers. Increasingly sophisticated attacks that target supply chains, counter-incident response and lateral movement within a network are quickly becoming the new normal in the corporate security threat landscape. That’s according to Carbon Black’s latest quarterly Global Incident Response Threat Read more…
One of the easiest targets of cyber attacks and social engineering are small businesses and professionals; like Realtors and Brokers. Why is this? Because Realtors are sales agents, their energy and focus is on being productive and generating sales through marketing, etc. Having strong security can make you more money, Read more…
Barracuda Networks calls for internet of things devices to be subject to regular security review after researchers detail the application vulnerabilities of an internet-connected security camera Businesses and consumers have a right to know the security posture of devices connected to the internet making up the internet of things(IoT) – and Read more…