Your home Internet connection router or modem is the front line of defense against Internet intruders. Think of it as soldiers “manning the wall”, armed to the teeth, ready to repel intruders. At least, hopefully repelling intruders. But what if, instead of that scenario, your guards had turned into Benedict Arnold and were working for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The bad guys did not waste any time using the Coronavirus pandemic to attack folks who are suddenly Working From Home (WFH) or Studying From Home (SFH). Here is some information to help those of you who are WFH to navigate the perilous path. Given that many WFH programs were created out of nothing in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The U.S. Federal Cyberspace Solarium Commission issued its long awaited report last week and warned of a “catastrophic attack that leaves the nation in tatters”. While right now everyone is worried about Covid-19, this represents a longer term problem that won’t be fixed in a few months. The report creates a vivid hypothetical attack and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]DMARC is a technology that is designed to reduce the amount of spam that makes it into your mailbox. It provides an email’s recipient with instructions on how to validate a sender’s email. Unfortunately, it is a voluntary standard for both the sender and the receiver and if the sender doesn’t have DMARC setup then […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Visser Precision, a precision parts contract manufacturer based in Denver, Colorado, has confirmed a “cybersecurity incident”. Visser makes parts for the likes of Tesla, Space X, Boeing and defense contractor Lockheed Martin. The ransomware was DoppelPaymer, is one of the Ransomware 2.0 variants that steal the data before they encrypt it. Some of that data […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Maybe this is the NEW AND IMPROVED NSA. From the NSA document: This document divides cloud vulnerabilities into four classes (misconfiguration, poor access control, shared tenancy vulnerabilities, and supply chain vulnerabilities) that encompass the vast majority of known vulnerabilities. Cloud customers have a critical role in mitigating misconfiguration and poor access control, but can also […]
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