Attacks/Breaches Articles
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Log4j Rehashed
George Bailey - Mar. 22, 2022
It was December 10, 2021, when the cybersecurity community was ablaze with hunting down yet another critical vulnerability. I know it's hard to keep vulnerabilities straight when they are discove… Read More
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Ransomware in Critical Infrastructure, and What You Should Already Be Doing
Matthew Crain - Nov. 02, 2021
Ransomware attacks show no sign of slowing down anytime soon. In late September, one after another, two large ransomware attacks targeting the agriculture industry came to light. The ransomware g… Read More
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In Ransomware, the Kids Aren’t All right. The Taxpayers aren’t Either.
Joe Beckman - Sep. 04, 2021
According to their website, the Judson Independent School District in Texas discovered on June 17, 2021, that it was victimized by ransomware. The attack made unavailable the district’s critical… Read More
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Not just a matter of Gbps - Classifying DDoS Attacks
Krassimir Tzvetanov - Aug. 10, 2021
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are becoming prevalent in our daily life. Just in the past ten years, things have changed significantly – from the forgotten hacktivist collective Ano… Read More
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Ransomware is a Scourge, But Also Helpful
Matthew Crain - Jun. 29, 2021
Everything, everywhere, eventually comes down to money. Even non-profit health care organizations tend to operate as if they have investors peering over their shoulders, because each dollar repre… Read More
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The Colonial Pipeline Attack: A New Phase in Cyber Defense
Joe Beckman - Jun. 15, 2021
Since the initial accusations of election interference in 2016, the steady stream of hacking incidents attributed to the Russian government has plagued US cybersecurity practitioners like chronic… Read More
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Stopping DDoS in its Tracks
Krassimir Tzvetanov - Jun. 08, 2021
I often get asked, "What’s the best equipment one can buy to protect my company from a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack?" While this is a valid question it is making a very large numbe… Read More
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Phishing: Beware of those Sneaky, Slimy, Stinky Messages
George Bailey - May. 04, 2021
It’s 3 am, you are abruptly awoken from a deep sleep by a banging on your door. You wipe the sleep from your eyes and glare at your alarm clock, who could that be at this hour, you say to yourse… Read More
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Understanding the SolarWinds “Sunburst” Hack
Joe Beckman - Feb. 23, 2021
You could be forgiven if you rolled your eyes and clicked through to the next story when you first learned of the SolarWinds hack. Cybersecurity incidents have become commonplace events and if yo… Read More
