Over the past decade, cyber-attacks have been rampant on water facilities, especially in the United States. Some of these attacks are lethal, and they comprise a significant number of people. One of the most known incidents as of late is the attack that happened in Florida in February of 2021. The attack was launched against … Read more
Perhaps one of the best Black Hat talks in recent years was renowned web security researcher Orange Tsai’s presentation about bypassing Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) defenses. Together with his team, Tsai proposed a “very general attack approach” to discover numerous zero-days in built-in libraries of widely-used programming languages including Java, PHP, Python, Perl, JavaScript and … Read more
The financial services sector is one of the biggest industries at risk, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic and the boosted digitalization of business and personal finances. Banking is no longer a brick-and-mortar business; banking is digital, it’s mobile – 24/7, around the globe, which provides cybercriminals with more attack surfaces. Lately, we have seen cybercriminals … Read more
The whole point of a website is to be up and running 24/7; however, cybercriminals can attack at any moment, forcing you offline. They can use Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks to interrupt your business and impact your revenue. In a DDoS attack, attackers send thousands of unwanted requests to the servers, preventing legitimate … Read more
Human error in cybersecurity evokes images of untrained employees logging into systems with weak passwords used for multiple accounts or clicking on phishing emails. However, mistakes can come from the most experienced members of your IT and security team – professionals who know more about cybersecurity than anyone else in your company. As they progress … Read more
Routers are hardware devices used by ISPs (Internet Service Providers) to connect their customers to their xDSL or cable internet network. Wi-Fi routers or wireless routers combine wireless access points, networking functions, and a router. In essence, routers connect local networks to the internet or other local networks; thus, wireless access points connect devices to … Read more
Cybersecurity is one of those areas that executives frequently overlook. However, it is hugely important. The problem usually lies with the speed at which technology develops and the ease with which fields within technology evolve. People who are looking to exploit new technology stay up to date with the latest innovations. In contrast, those who … Read more
Cyber Warfare is a broad term that defines a nation state sanctioned attack on a computer system of another country. One accomplishes this by means of hacking, computer viruses, and the like. Cyber Warfare: First as a Term, Then as a Threat However, in some respects, cyber warfare is a hard term to fully define. … Read more
Did you know that security concerns are turning people away from social media platforms? They are aware that hackers are obtaining users’ personal data through the most commonly visited media sites. If you are on social media platforms in any capacity, you’re probably aware of this fact, and it may have even already happened to … Read more
Yes, there is a cybersecurity drought looming over the horizon. The data coming in is alarming; according to Cybersecurity Ventures, by 2020 there could be a shortage of cybersecurity experts by up to 1.5 million, worse yet, the shortage could reach 3.5 million by 2021. How is a global economy about to connect from 20 … Read more
