Two Easy Ways To Breach Company Networks

Bad news – your small business network is easy for an attacker to access, and for most of you there are two or more exploitable attacker vectors.  A recent report from Positive Technologies analyzed the results of 22 penetration tests on companies from finance, transportation, retail, and even information technology.  All of the companies were breached with little difficulty.  The two easiest methods of unauthorized network access were not terribly surprising:  Wi-Fi networks, and company employees.

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15
AUG
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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Phishing, social engineering, Wi-Fi, wireless

WPA3 Encryption to Improve Wi-Fi Security

With the expanded use of wireless networks connecting business computers, home computers, smartphone and tablets, and the ever expanding list of smart IoT devices, strong wireless network security is more important than ever.  Fortunately there is a new wireless security protocol, WPA3, that will fix some of the weaknesses inherent in the current standard, WPA2.

Wireless security is all ...

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25
JUL
0

cybersecurity, encryption, Internet of Things, Wi-Fi

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

“Ghosting” is making the hiring process harder.

You found the perfect candidate and are ready to make an offer, then your “purple unicorn” stops responding to phone calls, texts, and emails.  What gives?  Not a tech issue, but more an HR issue.  Still, if you can’t find qualified technical staff, this might be an issue.

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14
JUL
0

Apple, authentication, Humor, law and policy, social networks, Weekend Update, Wi-Fi

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Sunday Funnies – Funny SSID Names

Here are some clever ideas for funny wireless network names.  Also called a Service Set Identifier or (SSID).  Plus a funny story about one of those names.

From Naked Security:  Why ‘remote detonator’ is a bad name for your Wi-Fi network.  Police and a bomb sniffing dog were called.

Top fifty funniest SSID names: (from buyvia.com)

Here are the top ten:

  1. It Burns When IP
  2. I’m Under Your Bed
  3. Pretty ...
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20
MAY
0

Sunday Funnies, Wi-Fi

What Security Advice Do The Experts Offer?

I recently read an article from Heimdal Security about online safety.  In this article Heimdal had asked 18 experts in the field of cybersecurity for their top 3 ideas about how to stay secure.  The contributors included top cybersecurity professionals from several anti-malware companies, security bloggers, and cybersecurity industry professionals.  The original article is here.

What I found interesting were ...

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7
MAR
0

authentication, backup, Computers and Internet, crapware, cybersecurity, encryption, Facebook, Identity Theft, Internet of Things, malware, passwords, Phishing, ransomware, Security, smartphones, social engineering, Trojan, Virus, Wi-Fi, wireless

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

70k minimum wage has been a profound success and failure – two years later

Tech company Gravity Payments instituted a $70 K minimum wage two years ago.  It has long been my personal contention that the drop in real starting wages (against inflation) coupled with ...

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21
OCT
0

botnet, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, education, encryption, Internet of Things, law and policy, Security, Wi-Fi, wireless

Smartphones Need Security Too

When a smartphone is stolen, it is a disaster.  You have just given the keys to your online life, your email, social media accounts, and credit cards you have synced with an app.  If you have the new smart locks on your home or office, you also gave them literal keys, the ability to open those locks.  If you have live camera ...

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12
JUL
0

Android, Apple, authentication, backup, cybersecurity, encryption, Identity Theft, Security, smartphones, Wi-Fi, wireless

Linksys Wireless Routers Have Security Vulnerabilities

Research firm IOActive recently released a an article that revealed some serious security deficiencies on popular Linksys Smart Wi-Fi products.  They have notified Linksys, and Linksys is working on the firmware upgrades that will be necessary to fix these issue, and they have issued a security advisory.

Among the vulnerabilities discovered:

  • Unauthenticated attacker can create a ...
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8
MAY
0

authentication, cybersecurity, Internet of Things, Linux, passwords, Security, Software vulnerability, Wi-Fi, wireless

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