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Defending Against Unknown Threats

May 17, 2017 Leave a Comment

Most people develop opinions and philosophies based on their experiences and observations.   This process occurs over time, leading to perspectives that can make it difficult to adapt to changing risks.   It's easy to get stuck in the mindset of “we’ve never had a problem before” and that can limit willingness and ability to accept new information. Having witnessed (and rescued) a wide variety of technology projects over the past fifteen years, we would argue that most organizations don’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Security Updates Tagged With: 0 day, cyber, threats, unknown, zero day

What to expect when you’re not expecting (a security breach)

February 5, 2016 Leave a Comment

2015 was another difficult year for Cybersecurity practitioners and organizations working to defend themselves against an increasingly innovative, aggressive, and situationally aware set of adversaries. Large breaches made headlines, while many individuals and smaller organizations were victimized by well monetized crimeware[1] (especially ransomware[2]) and various email and other online account compromises. We see susceptibility to social engineering, unpatched (vulnerable) software, and a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Backup and Disaster Recovery, Mobile Security, Security Updates Tagged With: breach, crime, cyber, data security, exploit, Malware, mobile security, patch, patching, ransomware, recovery, security, vulnerability

Comjacking Threats

June 11, 2015 Leave a Comment

ContinuityFocus has been warning clients and prospective clients regarding the risks of traffic tampering and interception over unsecured WiFi networks for many years.   Our concerns have been based on the fact that many wireless attacks are trivial to execute and would likely go undetected by most users. One of the difficulties in conveying this risk has been the lack of empirical evidence describing the prevalence and impact.   Many security organizations prefer to consider less quantified … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mobile Security, Security Updates, VPN Tagged With: attack, cafe, coffee, free, hack, laptop, traffic, unsecure, vpn, Wifi

Heartbleed Overview and Next Steps

April 10, 2014

Heartbleed Overview   In the last few days, news of the OpenSSL Vulnerability known as Heartbleed has been picked up by the mainstream media which is prompting a lot of questions.  Here’s a brief explanation of the issue,  its context, and some suggestions on how to mitigate your risks.   What is Heartbleed? This was a name given to recently publicized vulnerability in OpenSSL that is tracked as CVE-2014-0160 in the National Vulnerability Database. OpenSSL is an open … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Security Updates Tagged With: CVE-2014-0160, heartbleed, OpenSSL, vulnerability

Java Security

January 16, 2013 Leave a Comment

 Most software security vulnerabilities are quietly patched by vendors and don’t make front page news.   The recently publicized Java 7 vulnerability made headlines after being announced by US-CERT (Vulnerability Alert #625617) on January 10.  (US-CERT stands for US Computer Emergency Readiness Team and is a part of the Department of Homeland Security.)   Mainstream news outlets such as CNN and NBC began carrying the story on Friday, January 11, 2013 reporting that the Department of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Security Updates Tagged With: browser, day, exploit, java, patch, patching, security, vulnerability, zero

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