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Category Archives: Security Blog
Happy 25th Birthday to the World Wide Web
The very first webpage was put online 25 years ago today and it’s still available here! The creator is Tim Berners-Lee and his wiki page is impressive :) The Internet (which is the infrastructure on which the web and other … Continue reading
CEO Fired After Fake Email Loses Firm $47 Million
FACC, in May has let their CEO, Walter Stephan, go after a fake email made it’s way to the financial controllers office and €52.8 million ($58 million USD) was wired out of the company. It caused their stock to drop … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, BEC, Business Email Compromise, CEO, CFO, FBI, phishing, Security Awareness, spear phishing, spearphishing
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Confessions of a Cyber Spy Hunter
With over 20 years of experience leading high technology companies out of Silicon Valley, Eric has played a part in shaping the industry as an executive at heavyweights like McAfee, Symantec, and Cisco. Today, he is the CEO of ZanttZ, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, advanced persistent threat, APT, breach, computer security, cyber risk, cyber warfare, cybercrime, cyberwarfare, hacking, malware, Security Awareness, spy, ted, video tutorial, virus, warfare
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Social Media Security
Here is an infographic on Social Media Security Basics
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Tagged infographic, Security Awareness, social media
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National Crime Agency in the UK
The National Crime Agency in the UK has published the National Crime Assessment, it is a fantastic read and can be found here. An interesting fact is that plain crime is at 47% total crimes committed, while computer misuse and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, breach report, breaches, risk analysis, Security Awareness, UK
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Infographic/Pictogram on Spearphishing
I got this from the RSA website. It illustrates the anatomy of an attack.
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Tagged phishing, Security Awareness, social engineering, spear phishing, spearphishing
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1/3 of Wendy’s Locations Compromised
1,025 out of the 3,000 Wendy’s locations had malware on their Point-Of-Sale systems. Investigation has uncovered that infection and exfiltration of credit card information (names, numbers, expiration dates) going back to January of 2015. We believe this series of cybersecurity … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, 2016, advanced persistent threat, APT, breach, credit card, cybercrime, hacked, malware, PCI Compliance, Security Awareness
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Top 5 CyberThreats of 2016 To Attack or Defend Against
Depending on what color hat you wear, here are the top cyberthreats that most companies face, according to research. 5. Cross Site Scripting or XSS Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of computer security vulnerability typically found in web applications. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, advanced persistent threat, application security, APT, behavioral, cross site scripting, cyber risk, hackers, information security, insider threats, personnel risk assessment, pra, Security Awareness, social engineering, sql injection, top 5, xss
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