Category: Security
Tech Time Warp: Bagle worm spreads through its simplicity
On Jan. 18, 2004, computer users were served a “bagle” that would ruin anyone’s appetite. Also known as the “Beagle” worm, Bagle does not refer to the popular breakfast food that it shares a pronunciation with, despite their different spellings....
Start the new year with improved password hygiene
It took a long time, but I finally started changing my passwords on a regular basis. Previously, I viewed a familiar password as akin to Mom’s mac and cheese: easy comfort for the cyber soul. A hacker would never breach...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: SIM Swapping Fraud
Advisory Overview There has been increase in targeted attacks using SIM Swapping as a method to gain access to victim’s private data such as banking information, credit card information, and personally identifiable information. We advise taking extra precautions to secure...
Reliance on managed security services will increase in 2020
A survey of 1,536 cybersecurity professionals suggests that 2020 will prove to be a big year in terms of managed security services adoption. The report, published by Cynet, a provider of a platform for managing data breaches, finds that the...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: RSA SecurID 2FA Bypass
Advisory Overview Malicious actors have found a way to bypass 2FA for VPN accounts that were secured with RSA SecurID. RSA considers the scenario to be against recommended deployment practices rather than a security vulnerability. They continued to say that...
View from Australia: Is 2020 the year of the deepfake?
Malware and hackers do not recognize international boundaries. Human-made viruses quickly sweep across the globe like sneeze-passed cyber versions of their biological namesakes. The good news is that security precautions don’t stop at the borders either. Some of the most...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Windows 7 End of Life
Advisory Overview Windows 7 has reached end of life on January 14th, 2020. Users who fail to upgrade leave themselves vulnerable to newly discovered malware and remote code execution attacks as Microsoft will no longer provide security fixes for these...
Security Alert: Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
On January 14th, 2020, Microsoft released a handful of critical patches to address security vulnerabilities. These include Windows CryptoAPI, Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway), and Windows Remote Desktop Client. Any machines running 32- or 64-bit Windows 10 operating systems,...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability
Advisory Overview Multiple versions of Windows are susceptible to a spoofing vulnerability that could allow an attacker to modify TLS-encrypted communications or spoof an Authenticode signature. Microsoft has issued an update to fix the vulnerability which is available in the...
A threat to watch in 2020
Each year brings new threats, evolutions of old ones, and the typical arms-race between the good guys and the bad guys. One of the virtual battlefields expected to be active this year based on end-of-2019 trends: online advertising.
