Increasing attacks on networks are targeted attacking specific industries. The focus is on the wording, malware, spam, and click baits. This makes sense since if the easiest attacks are against users and the attacker depends on people either clicking on spam email or clicking on some website link that is laced with malware. The malware … Read more
From Wikipedia. The problem is, Cybersecurity seems easy to those of us in the Security field (just like the above game) but yet the strategy is hard when we try to explain to an Executive immersed in their regular world. Cyberstrategy is also not so cut and dried. The hackers are attacking old … Read more
If you ask me the President of RSA had the best keynote at the RSA conference in San Francisco: http://www.rsaconference.com/media/escaping-securitys-dark-ages I have collected the images from the video link above: Talk was titled ” We are Living in Security’s Dark Ages” There is a lot in the 30 minute video, I recommend that if you … Read more
So I finally tried running OpenVAS on my Kali-Linux system. It did not work, stating that you have to run the install first. So I did that (as you can see above) Now I got the following window: Notice the “install” did not go well Step 1: checking OpenVAS Scanner … ERROR: No OpenVAS Scanner … Read more
Threat modeling means you will view your network with a subjective eye and find the most likely attack vector. from a security threat point of view. This is similar to risk Management, where you list all devices and show which ones need the most security attention. Threat modeling comes from a different direction – and … Read more
