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…
During the Cold war we had thousands and thousands of inter-continental ballistic missiles with the potential power to destroy the world, and still do. In today’s reality, on top of that, countries and nation states now have the potential power to cyber attack infrastructure and legacy networks that can take Read more…
Someone is trying to take entire countries offline and cybersecurity experts say ‘it’s a matter of time because it’s really easy Gatwick Airport is Britain’s second busiest by passenger volume, and Europe’s eighth. And yet it was brought to a standstill for two days by two people and a single drone. Its Read more…
Dunkin’ Donuts becomes the latest victim of credential stuffing cyber attack The company was informed about the attack by one of its security vendors. Following the discovery of the attack, the firm enforced password resets to protect the DD Perks account holders’ accounts. Dunkin’ Donuts was hit by hackers recently Read more…
Experts Fear These Cyber Security “9/11” Like Scenarios Power outages, bank runs, changed financial data: Here are the ‘cyber 9/11’ scenarios that really worry the experts: It may be impossible to hedge against the next major cyberattack, but there are some lessons from recent history and some clues from the Read more…
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. For the past 15 years, the goal of this annual initiative is to raise awareness about the importance of cyber security. In recent years, cyber risk has come out of the server rooms and into the boardrooms. That is a good thing. Cyber Read more…