Discussion of public breaches of security
So it is late in January, with a new firewall installed my Cybersecurity issue is resolved… Right? In the Cybersecurity field pictures are hard to come by, so we resort to ancient castle pictures: So you just installed a moat around your castle and now you think the castle is safe??? (i.e. just installed the … Read more
For your end of year review – check the following links which lead to the calculation of $7Bil PC market for criminals. A review of 2015: http://oversitesentry.com/criminal-hackers-got-your-data-in-2015/ If you are not improving cybersecurity in the new year – read this at least to see what could be coming to you: http://oversitesentry.com/a-single-link-can-destroy-your-data/ or this one: http://oversitesentry.com/is-your-it-system-low-hanging-fruit-for-criminal-hackers/ Summary … Read more
If you click on the wrong link this is what can happen: But besides losing all your data if you have other peoples information on your computers now that data can be stolen and deleted or unable to be retrieved if it is encrypted. Ransomware is a scourge that is difficult to fix, if not … Read more
A couple of questions come mind: How can the Criminal Hacker tell if my system is weak and thus “Low hanging fruit” What will the criminal hacker do with my systems? How much do you REALLY trust your situation? Criminals have ways of finding your weaknesses – if you have one they will find it. … Read more
Reading the Oversitesentry 30 Security Analysis posts I was struck by the recurring theme of detection avoidance and obfuscation is the name of the criminal game. Specifically: Rapid7’s Blog post¹ on how attackers evade SIEM (Security Information event Manager) and the interesting post by Drops² about obfuscation by Windows programs that run in the 64bit … Read more
