Security professionals use models to map the stages of cybersecurity attacks. The Cyber Kill Chain is a process developed by Lockheed Martin that outlines several key steps threat analysts can use to identify key points in an attack where the chain can be broken to prevent a breach. WatchGuard threat analyst, Marc Laliberte, has developed a modified version based on this … [Read more...]
Back to School Security Hacks: How College Students Can Protect Their Personal Data on Campus
As college students all across the country head back to school, most of them will probably be worrying about their classes, grade point average and making new friends. They probably won’t be thinking about how to keep their personal data safe online, but our security experts say that they should. Almost all colleges and universities now offer free Wi-Fi for students and their … [Read more...]
DNS Tunneling Present In Almost Half of Tested Enterprises
Domain Name Systems (DNS) have been a fundamental piece of networking for ages. More recently, cybercriminals have been exploiting DNS to steal data. Port 53 manipulation or "DNS Tunneling" can allow bad guys to exfiltrate data through already established DNS pathways. A recent Infoblox Security Assessment Report found that nearly half of enterprises tested showed DNS … [Read more...]
Doing Time with Mr. Robot Rewind
Although he tells us that it’s worlds better than this silly scene from NCIS, WatchGuard CTO Corey Nachreiner has a couple of things that he thinks could have been more hackurate in this episode of his Mr. Robot Rewind column. We also FINALLY learned what happened to Tyrell Wellick… or did we? As always, the column has lots of spoilers… so go watch the show first on USA … [Read more...]
That Nigerian Prince Who Needs Your Help? His Name is Mike…
Today is a momentous day for anyone and everyone who’s received scam emails from a Nigerian prince asking for money. According to Interpol, the man behind a global network of email fraudsters was arrested in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. His name is “Mike.” Mike’s band of 40 cybercriminals is said to have been worth upwards of $60 million, with personnel throughout Nigeria, … [Read more...]
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