Executive impersonation scams are on the rise, costing businesses billions of dollars annually. Organizations of all sizes can be targeted and fall victim to these crimes. Understanding how these crimes are committed and the numerous variations and vectors of attack will help reduce the possibility that your organization will be victimized. Overview Let’s face it,…
Read MoreThe LulzSec attack of Sony Pictures is an illustrative example. Sony Pictures was running several prize giveaways as part of a marketing campaign. LulzSec used a basic SQL injection1 to breach the SonyPictures.com database and grabbed the usernames, passwords, and personal profiles of over one million registered users. They then dumped the data to Pastebin.…
Read MoreWin I am righting something four a blog, I make shore that I am using the write homophones. Eye cannot tell you enough how embarrassing it is win I use the wrong word. For grammarians—who are really grammar pedants with a penchant for pointing out other folks’ grammatical faux pas—homographic mistakes are the ones most…
Read MoreSometimes 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…
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