Has cloud account been Hacked? Like Uber did?

Not just Uber but anyone with a cloud account has an admin account which is susceptible to social engineering hacks. (portswigger article link below) Google example: https://support.google.com/a/answer/57919?hl=en This article is for Google Workspace administrators who manage Gmail accounts for a company, school, or other group. To manage your personal Gmail account, go to the Gmail … Read more

2 WordPress Issues to Fix or Get Hacked

1. The BackupBuddy plugin needs to be updated as it has a critical flaw. 2. If one allows the pingback feature (which tries to notify the blog that a someone linked to it) or notifies another blog that got linked to.  It is about a service that notifies when blogs link and get linked. If … Read more

LastPass Password Manager has Security Incident

As written on their Blog (https://blog.lastpass.com)  as of August 25th: “Two weeks ago, we detected some unusual activity within portions of the LastPass development environment. After initiating an immediate investigation, we have seen no evidence that this incident involved any access to customer data or encrypted password vaults.  “ Essentially they found a developer machine … Read more

Anticipating Cyberattacks Too Hard

As per another Black Hat talk by a reporter: “IT industry guilty of ‘lack of imagination’ in failure to anticipate cyber-attack evolution” Kim Zetter gave a talk at BlackHat USA on August 11 about how the new attacks by cyber adversaries have caught the security community flat-footed. Zetter told Black Hat USA: “[Operation Aurora] was … Read more

Cybersecurity in Travel: Reducing Risk on the Road

What do hotels and travel have to do with cybersecurity? Firstly when you’re out of home base, the profile of what you do online is different. Similar to home cybersecurity and office cybersecurity is different. When you are away from home what happens? You don’t have control over the network , WiFi  or other connections. … Read more