Learn about DLL hooking, a technique used by hackers to intercept system functions, manipulate their behavior, and gain unauthorized access to your system. Discover how DLL Hooking works, its potential uses, and how to protect yourself from it with our comprehensive guide. Introduction What is DLL Hooking? How Does DLL Hooking Work? How DLL Hooking …
Learn how to safeguard your phone from thieves and shoulder surfers with our comprehensive guide. Our tips and tricks will help you keep your phone and personal information secure. Content Summary Introduction Understanding Shoulder Surfing and Phone Theft What is Shoulder Surfing? Types of Shoulder Surfing Attacks Examples of Shoulder Surfing Attacks What are the …
Your cyber insurance policy may not always have your back in a ransomware attack, but we can. Get access to practical steps and actionable advice from our security experts to automate prevention and rapid containment in the event of a breach. Content Summary Introduction Understand the Ransomware Threat Identify Methods of Infection Common, Prevalent, and …
DAI is a layer 2 security configuration configured on switches. It detects incoming ARP messages on ports that are not trusted. Dynamic ARP Inspection filters these messages by comparing them to the DHCP snooping binding table and any set ARP ACLs. If the ARP message does not match the table entry, the packet is discarded. …
Question / Problem We are looking to hire a freelance professional to help us with important initiatives. The freelancer will need to connect to our network via a VPN using their own personal laptop. In order to ensure the security of our systems prior to granting access, what are some critical cybersecurity protocols that need …
Description This article describes the easy way to verify the running SSH server version in the FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer. Scope FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer. Solution From Windows or Linux machine, it is simply possible to run a Telnet to the port number TCP/22 to verify this, the Telnet session will return the version information. For example, as follows, the SSH …
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), US National Security Agency (NSA), the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Republic of Korea (ROK) National Intelligence Service (NIS), and the ROK Defense Security Agency (DSA) have issued a joint alert detailing the tactics, techniques, and …
Nathaniel Fick, the US’s first “ambassador-at-large” for cyberspace and digital policy, Tweeted last week that his personal Twitter account had been hacked. My account has been hacked. Perils of the job… — Nate Fick (@ncfick) February 5, 2023 Note This is a good one to show to CEOs and boards to reinforce that they are …
Cloudflare says it has blocked a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at between 50 and 70 million requests per second (rps), at one point reaching 71 rps. Cloudflare says that the attack “is the largest reported HTTP DDoS attack on record.” The record-breaking DDoS was just one of dozens of DDoS attacks over the …
On Monday, February 13, Apple released fixes for multiple products, including iOS, macOS, Safari, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS. Updates for iOS and iPadOS 16.3.1 and macOS 13.2.1 an actively-exploited arbitrary code execution flaw in WebKit/Safari. Note The 0-day vulnerability is part of “WebKit”. WebKit is Apple’s open source browser engine that is included in other …
A US legislator plans to introduce a bill that would require power grid operators to notify the Department of Energy (DoE) of cyber incidents within 24 hours of their detection. The Critical Electric Infrastructure Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Act would give DoE the responsibility of establishing guidelines for determining which incidents must be reported and for …
SonicWall has published a security advisory warning that they “have identified an inconsistency in Capture Client Windows 3.7.6 and older clients on endpoints running Windows 11 version 22H2 … result[ing] in Web Content Filtering (WCF) policies that enforce blocked categories to be no longer effective on impacted endpoints.” SonicWall says the issue will be addressed …
Toyota has fixed a vulnerability in the Toyota Global Supplier Preparation Information Management System (GSPIMS) Web portal that allowed a security researcher to gain access to corporate and partner accounts, and other sensitive data. GSPIMS is used by Toyota employees and suppliers to coordinate supply chain tasks. The researcher notified Toyota about the backdoor login …
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected the Ascon cryptographic algorithms to be its lightweight cryptographic standard. Lightweight cryptography algorithms need to be powerful enough to protect small Internet of Things (IoT) and other lightweight devices with limited computational resources. Note It is a very important move by NIST to recognize …
The hackers behind the recent ransomware attacks against VMware ESXi hypervisor have reportedly modified the malware in a way that makes it more difficult for victims to use available decryption tools. A modified encryption routine encrypts a significantly larger amount of data. Note Of course they improve. On the other hand, all exposed vulnerable systems …
