Successful mitigation of today’s security threats requires an approach that is both on the offensive and on the defensive. Here, we give our take on how to approach and handle specific security challenges, as well as our reaction to some of the latest industry topics.
04.29.21How a recent DirectDefense security assessment revealed a common application vulnerability through commandeering access controls.
03.23.21Take two of our team attempting to conduct a data breach at a company that previously let us in as landscaping job candidates. How’d it go this year?
02.16.21Our information security and managed security services firm found vulnerabilities in our client’s web application security.
02.09.21If you don’t want to issue the dreaded boil-water advisory then make sure your wireless network is hacker-proof. How our team was able to drive up to a municipal water utility, join the wireless SCADA network and gain the access needed to do some major damage to the water supply – all in 10 minutes… Read more »
01.12.21Keep Your Organization Safe Around the Clock with a Cybersecurity Operations Center from an MSSP Here’s a projection that’s hard to ignore: the cost of cybercrime is expected to exceed $8 billion by 2022. The reality of that amount of financial fallout from cyber attacks is staggering. Driving up the cost of cybercrime is the… Read more »
07.10.20Think it’s twisted to use sick children to lure unsuspecting people to provide their credit card information to donate? You bet! Think tactics like this are beyond the schemes of an attacker who will go to any length to steal sensitive data? Never.
07.09.20How one “hotel guest” gained access to the entire network from a network switch found inside their linen closet during a physical penetration test.
06.30.20Posing as a copier repair guy, our consultant managed to get inside a company’s network during a physical pen test.
05.19.20Tips for a fast recovery after a ransomware attack, and how to mitigate the impact of such an attack with improved data backup.
04.22.20How We Compromised a Major Corporate Network During a Physical Pen Test Here’s a “pro tip” for any company out there using armed guards to protect their facility: If you’re not properly segmenting your network, those armed guards can’t do anything to stop an attacker from compromising your company’s private data. We recently conducted a… Read more »
