As additional details regarding the SolarWinds supply chain attack unfold, the above true story reminded me how much continuous testing of our complete attack surface (the one we are aware of and the one we are not) is absolutely critical.
Ransomware is a topic that regularly comes up when I speak to CISOs and information security leaders, understandably so as recent reports have highlighted two growing themes. Firstly, Covid-19 has resulted in an uptick in campaigns dropping ransomware and secondly, the direction has shifted to more targeted campaigns against larger organizations (both per the NTT 2020 Global Threat Intelligence Report).
There is no precedence to the unconscionable way hackers exploit human distress during these times. Albeit a few hacker groups “swore” on paper they won’t attack hospitals (gee, thanks), the reality is one of taking gruesome advantage of the situation.
In an effort to contain the Corona Virus and stop its expansion, countries all over the world have closed their borders. Enterprises globally are fast to follow suit by halting employee travels and prohibiting external visitors from entering their offices. However, within these restrictions and with minimal physical contact, business must go on. Fortunately, some services, such as accounting, legal or even HR, can easily be rendered remotely. But when it comes to cybersecurity, that is not always the case.
Computer-room heroism or what I like to refer to as “Cyber Patriotism” is told in the compelling story of The Imitation Game. Based on the book “The Enigma” by Andrew Hodges, the film tells the story of crafting the first computing machine to decipher the Nazi Enigma code. It is also the story of Alan Turing, the English computer…
Those who know – rarely speak. Those who speak – rarely know. But those who know and speak – are rare. I had the honor and pleasure of being in the company of such a rare person last Thursday,listening to him speak about the threats and dilemmas of cyber warfare on a global scale with…
As people, we make do with what we have, but once a better tool is within our reach we adopt it without looking back. For centuries we had no flowing water supply and managed just fine with the village water well, but nowadays it’s hard to imagine how life would be without this amenity. Such…
Would you believe if I told you that you 81% of data breaches worldwide are caused by hacked passwords? This statistic provided by Verizon Data Breach Investigations emphasizes the extreme importance of implementing strong passwords at every entry point to try and deter hackers from infiltrating your systems. In my company’s work providing automatic pen-testing…
