My name is Madison Slater, and I am the General Manager at JSCM Group. Last week, I wrote about The Importance of Social Engineering Testing and thought I'd share a bit more about my background. As it goes for many, I started my IT career accidentally. It was never something I thought about doing, mostly because it really wasn’t something that was recommended to girls while I … [Read more...]
Protecting Your Devices While Working From Home
Just like viruses that spread when we don’t protect ourselves, a computer virus also spreads when we don’t protect our devices. The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced much of the workforce to work remotely to help slow the spread of the disease. To keep your computer safe while working from home, take these steps. A virus close to you easily transfers and infects you. A … [Read more...]
Pawn Storm
Last week, Trend Micro released a report highlighting the recent tools, tactics and procedures of Pawn Storm aka APT28 aka Fancy Bear aka Strontium. Trend has been tracking this group for over the last decade, releasing reports in 2014 and 2017 on their latest activities. In this most recent report, Trend sheds light on a credential theft phishing campaign that is all too … [Read more...]
Smart Initiatives That Will Optimize Sales and Marketing Funnels
Despite the intense transformation that sales and marketing have gone through over the years, at the end of the day, organizations still want the same thing: to radically increase revenue efficiency. Our Mad Men years are far gone, but look at the bright side: We now have way more Peggy Olsons in the workplace (go lady bosses!) and we also have a landscape filled with … [Read more...]
Microsoft Patches the New SMB Update
A recent out-of-band patch from Microsoft resolves a vulnerability in how of Windows 10 and Server 2019 handle decompression in the file sharing protocol SMBv3. According to Microsoft, a successful exploit of this vulnerability by an attacker could enable remote code execution over a network using SMB. More specifically, an unauthenticated attacker could … [Read more...]
