I started a tradition when I blogged last year about security predictions. Hopefully my third kick at the prediction can yields better results! Obviously last year’s list missed a global pandemic, subsequent lockdown, and a major shift in how people work.
Read MoreThis blog is a fun list of gift ideas for the hacker or tech savant in your life. Nobody needs help with obvious gifts so this is more of a collection of less mainstream gadgets and toys.
Read MoreOne need look no farther than the headlines to hear horror stories of companies grinding to a halt because of ransomware or sensitive personal information being sold to the highest bidder. Securing your network is not only a necessity, it should be your number one priority.
Read MoreWe average one DDoS a month during the summer. People are on vacation so there are fewer victims to prey on and fewer attackers to architect their demise. The number of attacks spikes after Labour Day coinciding with the start of a new school year. Schools aren’t the only target but they certainly are the biggest though, admittedly, our results may be skewed by the sheer number of students within member organizations.
Read MoreURLhaus is a fantastic free resource that provides many feeds. We’re going to focus on DNS Response Policy Zone (RPZ), also known as DNS firewall, which allows you to block the resolution of certain domain names on your DNS resolver. URLhaus extracts domain names from malware URLs and offers them as an RPZ dataset conveniently formatted to be a BIND DNS zone drop in. This is a high confidence feed because it blocks domains that are actively distributing malware.
Read MoreUniversal Health Services was shutdown by ransomware on September 27th affecting more than 90,000 employees operating 26 acute care hospitals, 328 behavioral health inpatient facilities, and 42 outpatient facilities. DURING. A. PANDEMIC.
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