Month: April 2024
Sometimes we all feel like we’re losing the security game. But, just like when you’re losing the Craft of Minewar, you can use add-ons to energize your security game. Here are seven definitive things you can put into your security program to guarantee a winning score. 1. Filter inbound Internet app access. You are often…
Read MoreNew information sheds light on Sabu’s activities following the revelation of his identity. Source link lol
Read MoreHow in the world do Death Star-sized botnets come about? Attackers don’t possess such immense power on their own; they must commandeer it. That means they’re perpetually on the hunt for vulnerable IoT devices that they can compromise. F5 Labs and our data partner, Loryka1, have been monitoring this hunt for over a year…
Read MoreThe constructs of a business model canvas are rooted in scientific modeling, business modeling, and system information modeling—all driven by logic. The business model canvased is modeled using the following: Inputs (This is what we want to do) What are our goals and objectives? (Value Proposition) Who and where do we need to engage…
Read MoreThis article was revised 5/15/17 at 9:12 a.m. (PDT) with updated recommendations. Over a dozen years ago, malware pioneer Dr. Peter Tippett coined the expression “virus disaster,” which describes the point at which more than 25 machines are infected on a single network as the “tipping point” for complete shutdown of a network.1 The new…
Read MoreFigure 2: Authentication success! While Intel didn’t come out and tell everyone exactly what the problem was, the guys at Tenable figured it out within minutes,2 and even show how simple it would be to exploit via Burp Suite. They’ve updated Nessus3 to scan for it, and everyone is broadly recommending that we all disable ports…
Read MoreWhat better way to diagnose a failed security program than to point at an inferior assessment of risk? If an organization omits or misjudges a critical risk, then the decisions that flow from that finding will be incorrect. A problem with standardizing risk assessment is that the measurement of relevant risk is going to…
Read MoreI was chatting recently with a coworker who had just returned from a DevOpsy-focused conference. She mentioned she had met a woman whose entire role was focused on finding “lost” cloud instances (that is, virtual servers running in a public or private cloud network). Her entire job is just to find those instances and get…
Read MoreSecurity issues are so prominent in most customers’ minds that CISOs are being pulled into the sales cycle more and more often. In the face of increasing cyber attacks, customers are understandably questioning the resilience of products and services. Even businesses outside of the tech industry are facing scrutiny from customers and major suppliers since…
Read MoreAll too often, I hear colleagues wax poetic on the disdain their directors and managers have towards the mission of cyber security. I’m always eager to provide some sage couples counseling wisdom toward these difficult relationships between CISOs and their colleagues. 1. Designate FUD as your Friend rather than Adversary Someone once said that Fear,…
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