10 Things You Aren’t Doing to Protect Your Network
#3: Enhanced Email SecurityEmail is a common gateway into an organization’s infrastructure. According to Trend Micro, 91% of most advanced persistent threats and spear-phishing initiatives involve...
View ArticleBanking Trojan found replacing malicious threats with free anti-virus software
Dridex, a banking Trojan that has affected thousands of organizations across 27 countries globally, has been given an interesting update.Apparent white hat hackers replaced the malicious payload links...
View Article10 Things You Aren’t Doing to Protect Your Network
#4: Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) There are multiple methods of receiving threat intelligence. Most first consider tactical threat intelligence, such as feeds of bad IP addresses. However, to truly...
View ArticleCross-platform backdoor DropboxCache found affecting Linux and Windows machines
Security researchers have discovered a cross-platform backdoor by name of DropboxCache. Initially detected in Linux systems, it has spread to Windows machines as well. Even further, due to the nature...
View Article10 Things You Aren’t Doing to Protect Your Network
#5: Two Factor Authentication (2FA) Time and time again we see data breaches resulting from compromised credentials. Authentication is a huge issue and we need something that goes beyond passwords....
View ArticleLatest iteration of Tinba Trojan found targeting banks in Singapore
Tinba, short for Tinybanker, is a banking Trojan that was first spotted in the wild in mid-2012. This malware has just been discovered in its fifth iteration, dubbed Tinbapore as it manly targets banks...
View Article10 Things You Aren’t Doing to Protect Your Network
#6. Sandboxing In very simplistic terms, sandboxing is a piece of software or appliance that is able to detect and analyze attacks that are designed to bypass traditional security defenses. “It’s not...
View ArticleRansom32: first of its kind ransomware
A new and unique form of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) has been discovered infecting Windows machines with the capability to infect other operating systems as well. Dubbed Ransom32, this ransomware...
View ArticleUser data vulnerable in auto-installed AVG Chrome extension
A force-installed Chrome extension by name of AVG Web TuneUp has been discovered to contain a serious flaw capable of exposing users’ browsing history, cookies and personal data. The extension is...
View Article10 Things You Aren’t Doing to Protect Your Network
#7: Internal segmentation firewall (ISFW) “In a lot of ways, we’ve been doing this for years now, [but internal segmentation firewall] is really the next evolution of what we’re seeing,” said Matt...
View ArticleLeaked database holds registration records of 191 million US voters
A white hat hacker has discovered a database containing personal information of 191 million registered American voters dating back to 2000. The 300GB of data includes voter’s names, home addresses,...
View Article10 Things You Aren’t Doing to Protect Your Network
#8: Layer 7 – Next generation Firewall (NGFW) with IPS & application control Everything from instant messaging systems to things like Google Apps or Office 365 – many of the applications we...
View ArticleLandry's Restaurants Card Breach?
Large hospitality firm investigating credit card breach Landry’s, Inc. is the latest company found to suffer from a recent credit card breach. The hospitality firm owns and operates more than 500...
View Article10 Things You Aren’t Doing to Protect Your Network
#9: Web Application Firewall (WAF) A web application firewall is an important piece for any person or organization hosting web-based applications, specifically if compliancy issues or concerns are...
View ArticleNew PoS malware found ruining victim’s holidays
Just in time for the holiday season, another brand of Point of Sale (PoS) malware has been discovered. ProPoS has been found stealing debit and credit card data from infected retail systems, hiding its...
View Article10 Things You Aren’t Doing to Protect Your Network
#10: SSL Inspection Many organizations spend a lot of money on IPS technologies and they feel that offers a decent level of protection. Unfortunately, SSL communications occurring from inside your...
View ArticleLatentbot discovered after years of infecting PC's
Newly discovered Latentbot found residing only in memory. Another stealthy strain of malware has been discovered targeting organizations since mid-2013. Dubbed Latentbot, this malware has been...
View ArticleJared Schemanski: How to educate your employees about staying safe online
One of the most overlooked enablers of a hack is found within the human element of a company. Often times people tend to blame the network and its technology but ignore the human aspect of the problem....
View ArticleWards Auto - Cyber Thieves See Car Dealers as Great Targets
Nuspire Networks’ Channel Manager, Tony Petcou, was recently featured in an article by Wards Auto detailing the rising risks that small to midsize car dealerships are beginning to experience in the...
View ArticleSecurity Expert Q&A: Jared Schemanski
Can your company get by without using Flash?The month of July has brought great trouble to many companies who found themselves in the midst of a Flash Zero Day caused by hackers infiltrating the...
View Article