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…
Attack versus Defense – What is Status?
It is September 5th, 2022 and probably as good a time as any to re-evaluate where we are with a general Attack versus Defense analysis: Attackers: Only need to find…
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,…
Vishing Attacks on The Rise
What is Vishing? Voice phishing, also known as vishing, is the practice of eliciting information or attempting to influence action via the telephone.(from hhs.gov site) Recently, a large U.S. company…
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…