A week in security (May 22-28)

Categories: News

Tags: Cisco

Tags: Zyxel

Tags: ChatGPT

Tags: Malvertising

Tags: Apple

Tags: Google

Tags: insider threat

Tags: Pentagon explosion

Tags: CISA

Tags: ransomware guide

Tags: Rheinmetall

Tags: BlackBasta

Tags: WordPress

A list of topics we covered in the week of May 22- 28 of 2023

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Employee guilty of joining ransomware attack on his own company

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: employee

Tags: insider threat

Tags: access control

Tags: policy

Tags: ransom

An employee that tried to take advantage of a ransomware attack on his own company has pleaded guilty after 5 years of denying he had anything to do with it.

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Admin from hell facing 10 years for sabotaging ex-employer’s network

Categories: News

Tags: hire

Tags: hiring

Tags: rehire

Tags: insider threat

Tags: ex-employee

Tags: logins

Tags: network

Tags: FBI

Failing to keep a tight reign on ex-employees’ credentials can lead to all manner of chaos.

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Ransomware gangs are recruiting breached individuals to persuade companies to pay up

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 12:17:12 +0000

Ransomware attackers are starting to reach out to individuals whose data they have compromised in a breach, asking them to help get the compromised company to pay up.

Categories: Ransomware

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REVIEW – “The Florentine Deception”, Carey Nachenberg

Credit to Author: p1| Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:22:25 +0000

BKFLODEC.RVW   20150609 “The Florentine Deception”, Carey Nachenberg, 2015, 978-1-5040-0924-9, U$13.49/C$18.91 %A   Carey Nachenberg http://florentinedeception.com %C   345 Hudson Street, New York, NY   10014 %D   2015 %G   978-1-5040-0924-9 150400924X %I   Open Road Distribution %O   U$13.49/C$18.91 www.openroadmedia.com %O  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/150400924X/robsladesinterne http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/150400924X/robsladesinte-21 %O   http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/150400924X/robsladesin03-20 %O   Audience n+ Tech 3 Writing 2 (see revfaq.htm for explanation) %P   321 p. %T   “The … Continue reading REVIEW – “The Florentine Deception”, Carey Nachenberg

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I run this SOC!

Credit to Author: dmitryc| Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 19:35:20 +0000

I don’t actually run this SOC (or any other) 🙂 But…but, as a certified “blue team” member, I’m pretty excited with the crop of new companies and ideas that are springing up in the area of SOC analysis, Deception technology, Lateral/external movement, etc. Some of the cool new(ish) vendors that I am falling deeply in … Continue reading I run this SOC!

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