The human factor is always underappreciated in helping decide on what can be done with our Computer Security. “Security Mental Model: Cognitive map approach” Tahani Albalawi, Kambiz Ghanzinour and Austin Melton paper: The computer security community has developed formal methods for providing security properties to systems and organizations. However, the human role has often … Read more
Ransomware hitting the unsuspecting small business that does not have all the Security pieces in place(SCMedia story:” Here are the most common ways businesses get compromised by ransomware“. Darkreading has a story:”Manufacturing Sees rising Ransomware Threat” What is considered a ‘small business’ ? The SBA considers several criteria (how many employees – less than 500) … Read more
If you know how to search – the keywords are important, then you will find other interesting bits of information. Talos Blogpost: Cisco Talos Advisory on Adversaries Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Use keywords: Indicators of Compromise – and cobalt strike. Because interesting to note cobalt strike is a tool that the bad … Read more
From the blogpage of wordfence (a old blog post – 2018) A) How do you fix a vulnerability in your jack-o-lantern? With a pumpkin patch. B) Why are witches so good at deobfuscating malware? They know hex. How about creating some good Halloween pranks: save this on your friends laptop, and make it … Read more
Since it is October and it is Cybersecurity Awareness month, I like to acknowledge this event at least once – so why not do a top 3 items to be worried about? Out of the myriad of items to discuss from past discussions: #1 Phishing and spam attacks through email, text, or any level (social … Read more