Brute Force
Combatting Business Email Compromise Attacks
July 15 by Seth AdlerHow does Email figure into the overall spend and mindset trends? Check out the 2021 CSHub Mid-Year Cyber Spend & CISO Trends Report. As a soundtrack for your reading, listen to Task Force 7 and Evan R...
IOTW: Another Solarigate Target Identified by Microsoft
January 22 by Seth AdlerMicrosoft’s investigation into Solarigate, has identified yet another victim. Mimecast is a cloud-based email management system that incorporates security, archiving, and other services into the Offic...
IOTW: Ethical Hackers Discover Several Apple Vulnerabilities—And The Payout May Reach A Half-A-Million Dollars.
October 16 by Seth AdlerEthical hackers recently participated in Apple’s vulnerability bounty program and scored big. Over the span of three months, five hackers, led by 20-year-old Sam Curry, uncovered 55 vulnerabilities. E...
Incident Of The Week: Russia Utilizes Hacking 101 Strategies Toward Government And Energy Sector Targets
August 07 by Seth AdlerThe Russian Hacker group Fancy Bear poses an ongoing threat to the 2020 US election. Known to sow discord and confusion through misinformation campaigns, the FBI warns that Fancy Bear has been ramping...
Understand The Data
July 16 by Seth AdlerUnderstand the data, what you have, where it is, how it’s exposed, how it’s being used, how it’s accessed- when you start from the inside out you have a much better picture of what’s going on and a mu...
Incident Of The Week: State Farm Insurance Discloses Recent Credential Stuffing Attack
August 09 by Jeff OrrInsurance provider State Farm has notified policy holders that it recently observed login attempts to user accounts that were symptomatic of credential stuffing cyber attacks. The company reset the pa...
