The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Erin: What are some of the most common social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use? This new architecture must result in security getting baked deep inside the highly interconnected systems that will give us autonomous transportation, climate-rejuvenating buildings and spectacular medical breakthroughs.

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Cyber threats Cyber Insurance Cybersecurity Threat Detection 203

SecureList

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Penetration testing is something that many (of those who know what a pentest is) see as a search for weak spots and well-known vulnerabilities in clients’ infrastructure, and a bunch of copied-and-pasted recommendations on how to deal with the security holes thus discovered.

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Penetration Testing Cybersecurity Banking Social Engineering 103

SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

If the attacker knows their way around the target infrastructure, they can generate malware tailored to the specific configuration of the target’s network architecture, such as important files, administrative accounts, and critical systems. Then, the adversary generated custom ransomware using the privileged account they had access to.

Ransomware 90

Ransomware Encryption Passwords Accountability 90

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Chris Clements, VP of Solutions Architecture, Cerberus Sentinel. This is the type of incident that could have been identified as a risk by a properly scoped penetration test and detected with the use of internal network monitoring tools. For T-Mobile, this is the sixth major breach since 2018.

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Mobile Data breaches Authentication Accountability 306

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Group-IB also evaluates exchanges’ infrastructure and architecture in order to understand ways to counter potential threats. In some cases, with founders’ consent, the assessment includes penetration testing using social engineering methods aimed at the network compromise through the most vulnerable link at any organization– humans.

Insurance 63

Insurance Cryptocurrency Cyber threats Marketing 63

Kali Linux

JANUARY 29, 2018

If you haven’t jumped in for whatever reason, we want to introduce you to the plethora of resources we’ve made available to help you master Kali Linux, the penetration testing distribution. Don’t worry, this isn’t a sales pitch.

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Penetration Testing Encryption Firewall Social Engineering 52

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Like any malware, ransomware enters the network through attack vectors like phishing emails , social engineering , software and remote desktop protocol (RDP) vulnerabilities, and malicious websites. Ransomware’s success in the last two years has been exacerbated by COVID-19, with a 600% increase in malicious emails during the pandemic.

Backups 108

Backups Ransomware Encryption Malware 108

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Encryption Product Guides Top 10 Full Disk Encryption Software Products 15 Best Encryption Software & Tools Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) Breach and attack simulation (BAS) solutions share some similarities with vulnerability management and penetration testing solutions.

Network Security 115

Network Security Penetration Testing Firewall Antivirus 115

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

Managing unpatchable vulnerabilities provides revenue generating opportunities for MSPs and MSSPs through IT architecture designs, additional tools, and services to monitor or control unpatchable vulnerabilities.

Penetration Testing 77

Penetration Testing Marketing Social Engineering Engineering 77

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Why It Matters Network segmentation is a powerful approach for mitigating potential threats and ensuring a safe, well-organized network architecture. Audit Firewall Performance Regularly The process of conducting firewall security assessments and penetration tests include carefully reviewing firewall configurations to detect weaknesses.

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Firewall Network Security Backups Education 110

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning should be used to test proper implementation and configuration. Hyperscale Architecture: Organizations can plan and prepare hyperscale architecture that combines security, storage, compute, and virtualization layers into a modular resource.

Firewall 96

Firewall Network Security Penetration Testing Encryption 96

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

Conduct frequent security audits and penetration testing: Detect and resolve any vulnerabilities before they are exploited by fraudulent actors to minimize the likelihood of data breaches. Social engineering, for example, is a threat that makes use of human vulnerabilities for illegal access.

Risk 81

Risk Threat Detection Data breaches Encryption 81

eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Penetration testing and red teamers are critical for remaining vigilant in an ever-changing threat environment and catching the vulnerabilities otherwise missed. Phishing and social engineering are common ways threat actors can obtain a symmetric key, but cryptanalysis and brute force attempts can also break symmetric key ciphers.

Encryption 134

Encryption Computers and Electronics Password Management Passwords 134

Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

Longer history lesson Knoppix - Initial two weeks work Whoppix (White-Hat and knOPPIX) came about as the founder, @Muts, was doing an in-person air-gap network penetration test lasting for two weeks in 2004. ARM - multi architecture Since BackTrack 4, the option was there for ARM support. A fresh start in March 2013.

InfoSec 52

InfoSec Penetration Testing Architecture Software 52

Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2020

For example by using: user credential leaks, social engineering toolkits, targeted phishing, and so on and so forth or is more on there to be discovered ? I do have a MD in computer engineering and a PhD on computer security from University of Bologna. MuddyWater. Cleaver TTP.

Computers and Electronics 76

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Malware Government 76