Gravityscan Provides Website Malware Scanning for Any Website

Websites are a popular target for cyber-criminals, because they offer a platform for malicious activity.  A hijacked website can be used for hosting malware downloads or phishing landing pages.  Personal information stored in a website database about site users, including user names and passwords and other personal information can be extracted, decrypted, and sold on the Dark Web.

I have devoted many articles to properly securing WordPress websites.  Now there is a ...

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10
NOV
0

Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Security, Web Design, WordPress

Details on New Email Exploit – No Attachment Required

People often ask me if it is dangerous to simply open an email, if it is possible to get a malware inflection just by reading an email.  My answer has been a qualified “not at this time.”  Unfortunately, this is no longer true.  It is possible to get a malware installation from the new DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) exploits reveal by Sophos Labs on October 13 2017.  This can be accomplished without an attachment or link if the email is ...

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6
NOV
0

Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, malware, Phishing, Security, social engineering, Software vulnerability, training, Trojan

Weekend Update

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

The Internet Wants You: Consider a Career in Cybersecurity

10/24/2017 07:32 AM EDT  Original release date: October 24, 2017

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about cybersecurity. The month’s themes educate students and professionals about cybersecurity attack methods, best practices, and preventive measures ...

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4
NOV
0

certification, cybersecurity, education, ransomware, Weekend Update

Scary Kaspersky Stories – Ghost in the Machine

Happy Halloween!  Nothing like a scary story to end the holiday.  The scary story in cybersecurity is that Kaspersky anti-malware and security products are in league with the Putin government and the FSB in Russia.  The FBI is advising government agencies to drop Kaspersky and find a new endpoint security solution.

Kaspersky Lab is a Russian multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider headquartered in Moscow, Russia and operated through a holding company in the United Kingdom. Kaspersky was founded ...

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3
NOV
1

Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, law and policy, malware, News and politics, Rogue Security Programs, Security, Software vulnerability, surveillance

Dragonfly Wants To Punch Our Lights Out? Round Four

Over the last four posts, we have focused on the US-CERT alert, but cybersecurity firm Symantec has actually been working this case since 2011.  Their report on Dragonfly can be found on their website.  While they are cautous when providing attribution, reading between the lines indicates that Dragonfly is probably a Russian based group, possibly working on ...

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1
NOV
1

authentication, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, encryption, passwords, Phishing, social engineering, training

Dragonfly Wants To Punch Our Lights Out? Round Three

Is the U.S. energy sector under attack? The ambitious and sophisticated exploits like this one are usually the work of a nation-state.  Who wants to turn off the lights?  Last Wednesday we took a look at the US-CERT alert warning about the ongoing cyber-attack against the U.S. electric grid, and on Friday we took a look at many of the ...

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30
OCT
0

authentication, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, passwords, Phishing, Security, social engineering

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