Is Cloud-Computing An Inevitable Infrastructure To Embrace?
As the practical application of cloud computing becomes cheaper, there are still many people who still have vague anxieties about security. Examine the security of the public cloud itself and the dangers hidden in the operation of users, and explain the security strategy that should be considered in cloud utilization. The safety and security of
[ Read More ]Common Ways For Countering Privileged Identity Theft Attacks
Work efficiency cannot be improved without an internal/external network environment these days; successful organizations are all data-driven entities. However, while the Internet comes with convenience, there is a risk of leaking personal information. There are various causes of identity theft, but one is sophisticated of malware such as targeted attack emails. Targeted attack emails are
[ Read More ]Is North Korea Engaging With Cryptocurrency Cyberheist?
As reported by the Associated Press, some United Nations agents are investigating North Korea for allegedly launching 35 coordinated state-sponsored cyber attacks activities against 17 countries. The attacks were allegedly linked to the hermit country’s goal of raising enough funds to continue their weapons upgrade program. According to the Associated Press, North Korean regime was
[ Read More ]Artificial Intelligence: Ally Or Enemy Of System Security?
The term “artificial intelligence” is now a keyword that has attracted a great deal of attention in the technological development of various fields. Image recognition, speech analysis, human interaction, medical use, surveillance camera security and economic analysis have an innovative impact on data management in the current day when data handling is commonplace. The existence
[ Read More ]Decade-old Avaya Phone Security Flaw, Patched At Last
Who can ever forget of Avaya phones and its near-monopoly of the corporate communication equipment market for Fortune 100 companies pre-Skype? As software VOIP solutions matured, companies are slowly but surely migrating away from hardware-based VOIP phones, including Avaya. For the last 10 years that Avaya ruled the offices, it harbored a remote code execution
[ Read More ]Aussie State Universities: Perennial Victims of Password Spray Attacks
Password Spray attack is not a new form of a cyber attack. But here, this may be the first article when we will discuss it in more detail. Password spray is a brute-forcing technique of using the same password but the username used varies. The purpose of this methodology is to bypass the IP address
[ Read More ]3 Fundamental Items To Have Web Security
Running a website is not easy from the standpoint of security and privacy. All web publishers are making a delicate balance between cost and security technologies, the more cyber defense ready the site, the higher the cost of running them. Any web developers worth his salt knows very well that TLS certificate is mandatory to
[ Read More ]Watering Hole Attacks Target Chinese-Speaking People Outside Of China
Compared to the classical phishing and social engineering attacks, the term watering hole attack is seldom given any attention by cybersecurity websites. It is a coverage something we need to amend, as contrary to the popular notion that such a campaign is very rare. It is a common occurrence but received less coverage than more
[ Read More ]Credential Stuffing Attacks State Farm Expose Customers To Identity Theft
State Farm, a behemoth in the banking and insurance business in the United States became a victim of massive credential stuffing attack. It is a form of cyber attack where usernames and passwords from a breached system are injected by bots against a website. With hopes that some stolen user credentials will be successful in
[ Read More ]Monzo Internal Data Breach Incident: Update App and Change PIN
Mobile-only bank, Monzo is the latest victim of a data breach, with the UK-based bank requesting their customers to change their PIN (Personal Identification Number). Upon initial inspection, the bank determined that the customers’ account PIN were recorded into log files which then were made accessible by their own staff. Monzo opened a blog entry
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