Five tips from Microsoft Detection and Response Team to minimize Advanced Persistent Threats
Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team (DART), in an effort to encourage the use of better security practices, is planning on sharing its experiences wit customers to let others know the methods of hackers. One particular customer story just shows how some organizations are still lax when it comes to security as they had 6 different […]
Ransomware attack causes Telemarketing Company to shutdown for the Holidays
Last year before the holidays, an Arkansas-based telemarketing firm was hit by ransomware. Their employees at the time didn’t even know they were hit by it, however they felt the repercussions of the attack. More than 300 employees were sent back to their homes and told that it would be best to try looking for […]
Security Advisory: PlunderVolt, A new Vulnerability found in Intel Processors
Academics from three universities across Europe have disclosed today a new attack that impacts the integrity of data stored inside Intel SGX, a highly-secured area of Intel CPUs. It was reported by three academics from three different universities across Europe that a new attack was re that affects the integrity of data stored in the […]
A Closer look at Processor Vulnerabilities
The past few years has been rough on processor security, this especially for Intel as one of the biggest processor vulnerabilities Meltdown and Spectre was for nearly all their modern CPUs. Although patches came out almost immediately to solve these issues, this was just the start to the security vulnerabilities as other attacks such as […]
Security Vulnerabilities: A Closer Look at a Criminal’s View of your Business Systems
You may be hearing more and more these days of new security vulnerabilities being discovered in the news and may be wondering what exactly it may imply? Simply, a vulnerability represents the ideal opportunity for cyber criminals to infiltrate your system to compromise your data or to perform data theft. According to current data now, […]