This post arrives later than usual, but as they say, "Better late than never." Researchers and the media have highlighted various unique, interesting, or destructive vulnerabilities in the last few weeks. We decided to pick three of these vulnerabilities and talk about them. One was patched with Microsoft's Patch Tuesday in March; another affects the privacy of almost everyone, … [Read more...]
Cybersecurity News: LastPass Incident Revealed, White House Issues Cybersecurity Strategy, FBI Purchases Leaked USHOR PII Data, and a Slew of Other Breaches
It's Monday, and there's no better way to start a new week than with some cybersecurity-related news. So, if you need an excuse to procrastinate a bit more, allow us to fill that void. For this iteration, we made a few minor improvements, as always. In addition to the table of contents from last time, we've added more granularity by categorizing all the stories by type. For … [Read more...]
CISA Incident Response Learnings
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
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
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...]
