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Thursday, 20 July 2023 17:53
Cybersecurity needs to Stop Fighting the “Last War” as Attackers Pivot easily Between Vectors
Written by Sean Kalinich
When I was in the military, one of the things that I noticed was a massive reluctance to create new and unusual scenarios for war games. Instead, we always seemed to train for the last major combat theater. When going…
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Tuesday, 18 July 2023 15:25
How to Start Building or Improving Your Cybersecurity Program
Written by Sean Kalinich
One of the most commonly asked questions in cybersecurity is “where do I start?” This common question shows just how overwhelmed many organizations are when faced with the reality of the threats that are out there. From ransomware to business…
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Friday, 23 June 2023 11:31
Crypto Mining Malware Targeting Linux and Linux Based IoT Devices Show How Little we have Progressed in IoT Security
Written by Sean Kalinich
IoT (Internet of Things) devices have long been a source of security concerns. Back in 2012-2014 we wrote a series of articles following the comedy of errors that is the IoT market. At the time I dubbed it the Internet…
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Tuesday, 06 June 2023 11:43
Why SBOM is in the News and Why it is Important
Written by Sean Kalinich
Since Executive Order 14028 came out on May 12th from the Biden Administration there has been a lot of talk about what it means and what are the legal and regulatory ramifications of this order. While the larger conversation is…
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Monday, 09 May 2022 13:11
Attackers are Actively Exploiting Recent Vulnerabilities Found in F5 BIG-IP
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This one goes in the “this is why patching is important” file and highlights the need to be able to quickly apply patches for critical flaws found in different devices and software. After the disclosure of a critical vulnerability tracked…
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Monday, 09 May 2022 09:52
New Advanced Fileless Malware Found Using Windows Event Logs
Written by Sean Kalinich
When most people think of malware, they think of binaries that are downloaded to a drive and executed. However, that is only part of the malware world. The other side does not actually download the malicious binary directly to the…
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Friday, 06 May 2022 12:34
Ukrainian Hacktivists Hit Russia Where It Hurts, Alcohol.
Written by Sean Kalinich
Its seems that the efforts of Ukrainian hacktivists have decided to focus their efforts on a new and interesting target. In addition to other strategic targets, they have gone after one of the central portals for Russian alcohol distribution. The…
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Friday, 06 May 2022 08:29
Another Bug Found in Android, This One Actively Exploited
Written by Sean Kalinich
in the wild. The patch for this bug is one of 37 that are part of the monthly security release which covers multiple components in the popular mobile OS. This comes at a time when mobile banking malware is on…
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Thursday, 05 May 2022 10:02
DLL Hijacking used Against Ransomware to Stop Encryption Process
Written by Sean Kalinich
The idea of DLL hijacking is a well known one and one that is used by attackers to compromise security tools and even sophisticated anti-malware solutions. DLLs (Dynamic Link Library) are not much more than static files that sit idle…
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Wednesday, 04 May 2022 09:48
Chat Logs Expose Ransomware Groups Methods and Styles of Interactions with Victims
Written by Sean Kalinich
Ransomware is a huge shadow over many businesses and individuals’ heads. It has loomed as a significant threat since the first stains hit the internet inside malicious zip files masquerading as “Xerox” documents. Since that time ransomware and the groups…
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Monday, 02 May 2022 12:15
Google Says they Will Fight Doxxing, With Some Conditions of Course
Written by Sean Kalinich
Google is an odd company. They have used the personal vs corporate data ownership line like a jump rope over the years. We have watched them for a long time and all we can say is that their track record…
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Monday, 02 May 2022 08:39
Cloud Services Suffer the Same Issue as On Prem Services, they just Hide it Better
Written by Sean Kalinich
It Cloud services are exceptionally popular as a cost effective and simple method to maintain common operational needs. Everything from email to fully fledged infrastructures can be maintained in the “cloud”. All of these can be accomplished at lower overall…
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Friday, 29 April 2022 08:36
Conti has a New Toy as Bumblebee Malware Replaces BazarLoader
Written by Sean Kalinich
April must be the month for new malware tools to be released, or at least announced as we have already heard about new forms of attack/infection from the group behind Emotet and now we hear that Conti has replaced BazarLoader…
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Wednesday, 27 April 2022 11:07
More Flaws Found in NPM Allowing Attackers to Attach Malicious Packages to Known Good Devs.
Written by Sean Kalinich
A new flaw has been identified in the Node.js package manager, NPM. The flaw is being described as a logical flaw, but in reading over the data it seems more like a permissions flaw. The good news is that as…
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Wednesday, 27 April 2022 06:30
Yet Another New Attack Method Shows Up From the Group Behind Emotet
Written by Sean Kalinich
Yesterday we told you that the gang behind Emotet was looking to used Excel add-ins as a possible new technique to compromise systems as part of their spamming campaigns. The detected techniques were labeled as potentially being part of research…
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Tuesday, 26 April 2022 09:31
The Group Behind Emotet is Looking to Get Around Microsoft’s VBA Changes
Written by Sean Kalinich
TA542 the wonderful people that brought you Emotet appears to be in the middle of a development and testing cycle on new delivery methods. According to researchers at ProofPoint the creators or the Emotet Botnet are potentially looking to find…
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