Category: Security
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Newegg Data Breach Left Customer Credit Cards Exposed
What is the Issue? The online retailer Newegg confirmed on Wednesday that credit card information from customers had been stolen using a sophisticated attack. Hackers injected 15 lines of card skimming code on the online retailer’s payments page; the code...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Data Theft Risks from “Cold Boot Attack” Variation
What is the Issue? Researchers have discovered that a new exploit built on the foundations of the cold boot attack leaves nearly all laptops and desktops; both Windows and Mac users vulnerable. Attackers can meddle with a computer’s firmware to...
Latest Intel chip vulnerabilities represent a major challenge for MSPs
Remember the news about the Intel Meltdown and Spectre chip vulnerabilities that emerged last year? Remember all the panic and the patches? Well, get ready because you’re about to go through all of that again with the latest Intel chip vulnerability....
Time to appreciate the thin line of cybersecurity defense maintained by MSPs
One of the toughest, and often thankless, roles in all of IT is that of the managed security services provider (MSSP). Most MSSPs know cyberattacks tend to come in waves. Cybercriminals like to mix up their attack vectors to avoid...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Infection on E-commerce Platform Magento
What is the Issue? Security researchers have discovered that a massive hacking campaign is targeting the ecommerce platform Magento. Hackers are infecting stores that use the platform with a skimmer script in the source code, dubbed MagentoCore that siphon’s payment...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Qualcomm’s Medical Gateway Critical Vulnerability
What is the Issue? Recently, an undocumented vulnerability in the Qualcomm Life’s Capsule Datacaptor Terminal Server (DTS) medical device gateway was found to be exposed to the “misfortune Cookie” vulnerability CVE-2014-9222. This opens the possibility for remote attackers to gain...
Catch hackers with a honeypot in your security service
I once visited an Amish farm where green plastic 2-liter 7-Up bottles dangled from the lower branches of the fruit trees. The bottles were filled about halfway with some sort of liquid. Upon closer inspection, I could see a banana peel...
Rising tide of data privacy concerns bodes well for MSPs
Data protection is increasingly becoming a board level issue, as the average consumer becomes more cognizant of how the data that organizations collect is being used and abused. On an almost daily basis, a company or organization is being forced...
Bad actors are using AI in their cyber attacks
The alarms have been going off for some time about the growing role of AI in cyber attacks. In 2017, a survey of cybersecurity professionals found that 91 percent are concerned about AI-powered attacks against companies. More recently, an article in Fortune...
Making sense of sensors
From pacemakers, to industrial thermostats, to traffic regulation devices, sensors are becoming as ubiquitous as the human population itself. Experts predict that 1 trillion networked sensors will be transmitting data around the world by 2022, emitting information from the mundane to the meaningful....
