Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The attacker gained initial access to two employee accounts by carrying out social engineering attacks on the organization’s help desk twice. Leveraging its English proficiency, the collective uses social engineering for initial access. Within six hours, the attacker began encrypting the organization’s systems.

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Herjavec Group

MAY 19, 2022

No matter how many firewalls or network controls you have in place, the risk of insider threat will always be present. Conduct regular social engineering tests on your employees to actively demonstrate where improvements need to be made. Segment your internal corporate networks to isolate any malware infections that may arise.

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Penetration Testing Cybercrime Social Engineering InfoSec 98

Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Meanwhile, InfoSec is the designer and implementor of risk management capabilities (for instance, ensuring the latest technology is deployed and within expected specifications). In Bolotin’s analogy, a corporation (say, Cisco) is the Formula One vehicle, and the business (i.e., executive and functional leaders) races the car on the track.

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Risk Cybersecurity Technology InfoSec 145

Herjavec Group

MARCH 24, 2022

Internet-facing architecture that is being ASV scanned has grown more complex over the last years with the implementation of HTTPS load balancers, web application firewalls, deep packet inspection capable intrusion detection/prevention (IDS/IPS) systems, and next-gen firewalls.

Architecture 98

Architecture Firewall Penetration Testing eCommerce 98

Cisco Security

JANUARY 28, 2021

At Cisco we’ve engineered a head-start for you with our SecureX platform. When boiled down to its essence, InfoSec is all about risk mitigation, and risk is based on probability and impact. If you have a different kind of firewall, if you have a different kind of antivirus, you can get the same intel within the same dashboard.

Technology 129

Technology InfoSec Antivirus Architecture 129

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Economic effects, including inflationary pressures, have had a broad impact across the InfoSec landscape," Smeaton said. Reanna Schultz is a cybersecurity professional and frequent SecureWorld speaker whose day job is as Team Leader of InfoSec at Garmin. These comments are her own and do not reflect those of her company, necessarily.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Phishing is a type of social engineering attack in which bad actors pose as a trustworthy entity via phone, email, or text message in order to steal personal information from the recipient. Also read: What are Common Types of Social Engineering Attacks? What is Phishing? Spear Phishing. Cybersecurity Awareness Training.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

And if a threat actor employs social engineering , the analyst might even need a basic grasp of psychology. Highlighting the AI advantages in ITSM and InfoSec, you can use ChatGPT. In such cases, your response might simply involve updating blacklists on the firewall using data from the TIP.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 2, 2021

He founded Herjavec Group, in 2003, introducing the first managed firewall in the Canadian Market. Along with these contributions, Robert is active in a number of impactful infosec initiatives. HG Security Engineering . Connect with Robert. HG Mana ged Detection & Response (MDR) . HG Threat .

InfoSec 52

InfoSec Cybersecurity Computers and Electronics Technology 52

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 12, 2021

These machines are usually the heaviest guarded against attacks: they are protected by firewalls and monitored for suspicious activities. For instance, the top entry points for attackers are phishing and social engineering, and application vulnerabilities. Machines that don’t sit on the network perimeter are often treated differently.

Social Engineering 78

Social Engineering Penetration Testing Authentication Phishing 78

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The attacker gained initial access to two employee accounts by carrying out social engineering attacks on the organization’s help desk twice. Leveraging its English proficiency, the collective uses social engineering for initial access. Within six hours, the attacker began encrypting the organization’s systems.

Social Engineering 52

Social Engineering Engineering Accountability Backups 52

ForAllSecure

JUNE 2, 2021

With more than 600K followers on YouTube, LiveOverflow is one of infosec’s first social media influencers. In a moment you hear from someone who’s been publishing high quality infosec content on YouTube for the last six years and now has over half a million subscribers. How did he get started and what’s next?

Media 52

Media Hacking InfoSec Marketing 52

ForAllSecure

JUNE 2, 2021

With more than 600K followers on YouTube, LiveOverflow is one of infosec’s first social media influencers. In a moment you hear from someone who’s been publishing high quality infosec content on YouTube for the last six years and now has over half a million subscribers. How did he get started and what’s next?

Media 52

Media Hacking InfoSec Marketing 52

eSecurity Planet

MAY 5, 2021

AttackIQ’s Anatomic Engine is a differentiator, as it can test machine learning and AI-based cybersecurity components. DXC Technology has over 40 years of infosec experience, most of which as HPE’s Enterprise Services. Also Read: Top Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors. See our in-depth analysis of Cymulate’s BAS platform.

Penetration Testing 68

Penetration Testing Risk Technology Marketing 68

Security Boulevard

APRIL 22, 2025

Exploit Chain Targets Unpatched Juniper EX Switches and SRX Firewalls CVE-2023-36845 Juniper Networks Junos OS PHP External Variable Modification Vulnerability 9.8 Security isnt just for infosec professionals its everyones responsibility. CVE-2024-47575 FortiManager Missing Authentication in fgfmsd Vulnerability (FortiJump) 9.8

Energy and Utilities 59

Energy and Utilities Authentication Data breaches VPN 59

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2022

It’s always interesting for me to hear how different people are approaching the same problems in infosec. Rather than -- I need a firewall -- maybe ATT&CK suggests a specific type of firewall. And maybe it’s not the firewall you currently have. Everyone’s got a unique perspective. Duff: Yeah.

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InfoSec Firewall Engineering System Administration 40

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. The Bash shell Fox created was a simple yet powerful way for engineers to glue web software to the operating system. And why not?

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Software Passwords Internet Internet 52

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. The Bash shell Fox created was a simple yet powerful way for engineers to glue web software to the operating system. And why not?

Software 52

Software Passwords Internet Internet 52

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab. How to screen for natural infosec talent: Ask for a worst case scenario for any common situation. Matthew Green is a renowned expert in cryptographic engineering.

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Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 139

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 15, 2021

Related: Integrating ‘pen tests’ into firewalls. There are three main types of penetrations-black box, grey box, and white box which infosec institute defines. While both attacks and defenses continue to evolve and even now can involve AI, human resistance to social engineering does not evolve much. Pen test types.

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Penetration Testing Social Engineering Cybersecurity Technology 124

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Lovense uses Cloudflare web application firewall (WAF) and IP proxying tools, meaning that a malicious actor would still have difficulty pinpointing the attack surface. Accessing test servers is shielded by Cloudflare firewall. Accessing apps2; c; and apps subdomains gives us this info.

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Wireless Manufacturing Firewall Technology 98

Herjavec Group

JULY 20, 2021

Every month one of HG’s experts will provide advice and insights based on their extensive experience in the infosec industry. Review and enhance network firewall and IDS/IPS capabilities to detect, alert and respond to suspected malware-induced network traffic. Contributed By: David Mundhenk, Principal Consultant, Consulting Services.

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Ransomware Malware Backups Insurance 59

ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

I’m Robert Vamosi and in this episode I’m talking about online criminal investigations conducted by someone who is inside the infosec community, and how your social media posts -- no matter how good you think you are about hiding -- can reveal a lot about your true identity. Daniel, he keeps a low profile. CLEMENS: I do.

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Hacking Media InfoSec Internet 40

ForAllSecure

MARCH 9, 2021

Within infosec, where so many challenges that are intangible -- like configuring network or firewalls. And for the average home user, because again, economies of scale and Value Engineering, the average price of even a nice high quality padlock makes them much more achievable now than they would have been 100 years ago.

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Hacking Marketing Government InfoSec 52

ForAllSecure

MARCH 10, 2021

Within infosec, where so many challenges that are intangible -- like configuring network or firewalls. And for the average home user, because again, economies of scale and Value Engineering, the average price of even a nice high quality padlock makes them much more achievable now than they would have been 100 years ago.

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Hacking Marketing Government InfoSec 52

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Eric George, Director, Solution Engineering – Digital Risk & Email Protection at Fortra , notes that “Organizations will continue to migrate to cloud-based email solutions. While these solutions (such as [Microsoft365]) offer a level of protection and capabilities (antivirus, anti-spam, archiving, etc.),

Cybersecurity 140

Cybersecurity CISO Government Technology 140

ForAllSecure

JANUARY 22, 2023

Having a common framework around vulnerabilities, around threats , helps us understand the infosec landscape better. Adam Shostack has a new book, Threats: What Every Engineer Should Learn From Star Wars. that uses both Star Wars and STRIDE to help engineers under vulnerabilities and threats in software development.

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