Occams razor – When an attack is unknown?
Read More: Occams razor – When an attack is unknown?Occams razor – When an attack is unknown? This is a true story with a recent Managed Service Providers customer: Customer was breached, bank account details changed and a significant amount of money was transferred from the business account. I am not using industry or amounts to keep this anonymous, this tale though illustrates something…
Splunk, assassinated by Cisco – RIP
Read More: Splunk, assassinated by Cisco – RIPCisco to acquire Splunk? good news? not if you are a Splunk customer, not if you are a Cisco customer either….. Splunk was one of those brands that I could not get my head around, a name that seemingly means nothing to Americans but to others on the global stage, almost dirty but not quite.…
A picture is not always worth a thousand words
Read More: A picture is not always worth a thousand wordsA picture is not always worth a thousand words, cyber security vendors please take note Question: When is a picture NOT worth a thousand words? Answer: When it has no context Just like my photo, it has no context and therefore would by of little interest to anyone who wasn’t on the same trail with me…
Security Controls
Read More: Security ControlsSecurity controls are not optional and after another cyber security breach that led to a business I have worked with (not as their security consultant) suffering a “CryptoJacking” event where they lost $40,000 US dollars I though the following comment might be necessary. MFA as a Security Control Multi-factor Authentication, as a security control it…
Supply Chain risk
Read More: Supply Chain riskThere has been a number of supply chain attacks recently including MoveIT and 3CX, these cyber attacks can be immensely costly and at the lest distressing for the businesses involved. For the software provider though these breaches can and often do have disastrous impact on their business, which could have been avoided by following a…
From Backup to resilient cyber security
Read More: From Backup to resilient cyber securityIn the Beginning From Backup to resilient cyber security: Best practises for Information Technology such as “Least privilege access”, “Admin account segregation”, “Operating system patching”, “Multi-factor authentication”, even “Patching and updating applications” have been around for many years, undertaken as ritual by many Information Technology departments within businesses across Australia as best practise maintainence, without…
Four actions for protection with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Read More: Four actions for protection with Microsoft Defender for EndpointFour actions for protection with Defender for Endpoint: Originally written by myself for Crayon and sharing here to help other organisations move past Endpoint Detection and response into preventative technologies to improve your security posture. Introduction Often I am asked the question, “Why should I use Defender for Endpoint, I use product ‘X’ and Product…
Optus, Medibank and Latitude, YOU are responsible for your clients data
Read More: Optus, Medibank and Latitude, YOU are responsible for your clients dataOptus, Medibank and Latitude, YOU are responsible for your clients data Just the same as all businesses who hold sensitive personal information, you may not want to admit this but you are responsible for your clients data security where their sensitive data is stored on your platform. How do the above machines stay safe? From…
CVE-2023-23397: Microsoft outlook vuln
Read More: CVE-2023-23397: Microsoft outlook vulnCVE-2023-23397: Microsoft Outlook Vuln: elevation of privilege vulnerability leads to NTLM credential theft: Very quick and short post today, I have already been contacted today around mitigations for this vulnerability and wanted to get some quick steps out early incase your business is unsure how to check whether you are at risk. My post assumes…
101: Basic Security Posture for WordPress
Read More: 101: Basic Security Posture for WordPress101: Basic Security Posture for WordPress, WordPress is one of the most popular internet technologies in use today, as a tool for amateur and professionals wanting to blog, to sell, to consult or to do almost anything else, nothing comes close to the WordPress ecosystem for flexibility and extensibility – want to build a store…
