In this line of work I find myself talking with network professionals daily. With this constant exposure to a variety of network environments and people, certain terms tend to float to the surface. Lately DDOS and Reflection DDoS attacks are on the threats to discuss. They are becoming easier to conduct and larger in scale, and due …
Chances are that unless you are a hermit or have turned yourself into an air-gapped server, you have heard the term “DROWN” kicking around cyberspace. I know that when I see article after article stating that 11 million HTTPS websites are at risk, I tend to get bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Let’s take a closer look …
Are you facing a growing communication infrastructure and needing greater insight into all corners of the network? NetFlow has become the turn to technology for security and network teams who thirst for details on who, what, when and where.
Every day we see more and more stories about security breaches across the globe. With there being so many new cyber security threats coming out the need for traffic analysis and a strong Cyber Incident Response plan has never been so high. In part one and part two of this series, we demonstrated that by combining …
In my previous blog, I talked about the value of having a cyber incident response plan. An important factor in a plan like this is having complete visibility into the traffic that is coming across your network. As I mentioned in my previous post, using flow technologies like NetFlow and IPFIX is an effective way of providing this type of …
The value of your cyber incident response plan becomes stronger as various global incidents unfold. Just today, I was going through my news feeds and came across a post titled “Cybersecurity: Defending ‘unpreventable’ cyber attacks” by Paul Rubens from BBC News and one word stood out, “Vigilance”.
If you are looking to learn about how to investigate malware, chances are you’re already infected and under the gun to uncover the source and clean up the mess. Here are a few things to consider before you dig in.
You know that your company is carrying infections that your threat detection systems haven’t unearthed. Malware is sitting on a host in some corner of the network waiting for the time when it has to check in again with the Command and Control (C&C) server out on the internet. If instructions are given, it will …
When looking for an easy meal, predators often go after the weakest animal in the herd. The same often holds true for cyber criminals. They talk amongst themselves, discuss failures and successes and share stories on what to do and not to do. Right now, the healthcare industry seems to be the easiest prey.
This year many companies have come to the realization that somewhere on their network, possibly in a far off corner hidden behind a pile of who knows what is a computer or some type of appliance that is playing the role of host for a certain strain of malware.