Bot or Not? Distinguishing Between the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Bots touch virtually every part of our digital lives. They help populate our news feeds, tell us the weather, provide stock quotes, […]
Tag: Cyber Security
Ad Fraud 101: How Cybercriminals Profit from Clicks
Fraud is and always will be a cornerstone of the cybercrime community. The associated economic gains provide substantial motivation for today’s malicious […]
10 Most Popular Blogs of 2018
Between large scale cyberattacks, the implementation of GDPR and increasing popularity of smart home technologies (and their associated vulnerabilities), we had a […]
2018 In Review: Memcache and Drupalgeddon
Attackers don’t just utilize old, unpatched vulnerabilities, they also exploit recent disclosures at impressive rates. This year we witnessed two worldwide events […]
2018 In Review: Schools Under Attack
As adoption of education technologies expanded in 2018, school networks were increasingly targeted by ransomware, data theft and denial of service attacks; […]
Automating Cyber-Defense
AI has potential to make the lives of security professionals a lot easier – but it should be approached with caution. Deep […]
Cybersecurity as a Selling Point: Retailers Take Note
UK-based retailers were no strangers to data breaches in 2018. In June, Dixons Carphone announced a breach of 5.9 million customer bank […]
Marriott: The Case for Cybersecurity Due Diligence During M&A
If ever there was a perfectly packaged case study on data breaches, it’s Marriott’s recently disclosed megabreach. Last week, the hotel chain […]
Hadoop YARN: An Assessment of the Attack Surface and Its Exploits
TL;DR Rate of Hadoop YARN exploits is slowing but still at a concerning 350,000 events per day 1065 servers are exposed and […]
Hacking Democracy: Vulnerable Voting Infrastructure and the Future of Election Security
It’s been two years since international interference sabotaged the United States’ election security, and still the vulnerability of our voting infrastructure remains […]