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.
12.16.20Part 1: Get Inside the Heads of the DirectDefense Team as We Launched an Attack on a Client’s System to Bypass Passwords and Gain Access to “Protected” Critical Data This post is the first in a 2-part series addressing the need for strong passwords across all industries to adequately protect important company and user data.… Read more »
12.16.20Part 2: Get Rid of Weak Passwords like Winter2020 and Password1 – Our Attack into One Company’s Database Highlights the Risk of Poor Passwords This post is the second in our 2-part series addressing the need for strong passwords across all industries to adequately protect critical information. In a recent client engagement, we set out… 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 »
