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CISA Incident Response Learnings

November 29, 2022 By Marc Laliberte

On today's episode we cover a pair of alerts from the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA), one detailing the tools, tactics and procedures from a prolific ransomware organization and another walking through a recent incident response engagement CISA completed with a federal agency. Before that though, we learn about what happens when you use a software … [Read more...]

Dangers of Bicubic Interpolation In Pictures

November 18, 2021 By Trevor Collins

We have seen interpolation in the news concerning a recent court case. Here we cover what interpolation does to an image, not only because of the recent news but also because face recognition uses interpolation to better recognize a face - something we have covered in the past.   Interpolation means to take pixels in an image and calculate what their color might be when the … [Read more...]

How SMBs Deal With An Uptick in Breaches

October 8, 2021 By Trevor Collins

A recent survey of 700 SMBs (small and medium businesses) by Untangle shows an increase in cybersecurity budgets and awareness. While some companies still have users working remotely, 50% of respondents have moved back into the office or at least some form of hybrid work environment. Most companies – 64% – see breaches as the top security concern and have taken steps to … [Read more...]

Mobile Carriers Leak 123 million Customer Records in One Week

August 20, 2021 By Trevor Collins

Over the last week we saw 70 million AT&T customers and 53 million T-Mobile customers have their personal data leaked to hackers. While we didn’t find any connections between these two breaches the timing of the incidents  is strange. AT&T has so far denied the breach involving their customers. While we don't have confirmation from the hackers who breached AT&T, … [Read more...]

“The Biggest Cyber Attack In New Zealand’s History”

May 28, 2021 By Trevor Collins

A large cyber attack has caused chaos in the New Zealand healthcare system over the past few weeks. Multiple hospitals in New Zealand became crippled due to locked phone lines and computers from a large ransomware attack. Though the ransom note didn’t contain a dollar amount the note indicates a "ransomware event" according to the head of Waikato's district health board Kevin … [Read more...]

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