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National Cybersecurity Plan Fails to Address Ransomware

18 Jul 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist $0.19

The US National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan fails to address ransomware. There is a real opportunity for the government to make significant progress in crushing the growing scourge of ransomware attacks which threaten businesses, indi...

Delayed Reporting of HCA Healthcare Data Breach

11 Jul 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Matthew Rosenquist $0.40

The recent HCA Healthcare data breach of 11 million patients’ data is shaping up to be another ugly incident where a company did not promptly communicate with its customers. HCA Healthcare is a large American healthcare services organization that co...

Applying a Cybersecurity Threat Agent Risk Assessment to Healthcare

7 Jul 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Matthew Rosenquist $0.35

There are many approaches to conduct a strategic cybersecurity risks assessment.  This is one of my favorite ways, using a Threat Agent Risk Assessment (TARA) methodology.  This paper was authored by Tim Casey, David Houlding, and I while we were at...

Password Reset Exposes Everyone's Account

30 Jun 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Matthew Rosenquist $0.21

Ever wonder what kinds of things happen when good-intentioned people try to manage cybersecurity? Well, in this case, a High School in Illinois responded to a system error by resetting every student’s password and then communicating it to all the pa...

Cybersecurity Vault Podcast - A Deep Dive into Cyber Risk with Wade Baker

19 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist $0.35

In this Cybersecurity Vault episode, I talk with the legendary cybersecurity metrics maestro Wade Baker about the challenges of measuring what is important, manipulation through poor metrics, and where the cybersecurity industry is heading. Wade has...

The Raspberry Spy: Running Kali On the Zero W

15 Jun 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Investigator515 $0.03

The Pi Zero is perfect for some Portable InfoSec Infosec can be a great hobby or part time study field. It’s also pretty awesome as a career. However developing skills safely and legally can be tricky, and off the shelf tools while often effective ca...

Barracuda Email Security Gateway Customers at Risk and Must Act Immediately!

10 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist $0.31

Hackers are exploiting an un-patchable vulnerability (CVE-2023–2868) in Barracuda Email Security Gateway appliances. Barracuda has announced that customers should discontinue using the email security product or upgrade. Hackers are using multiple ty...

Phishing Prevention 101: Where to Sandbox Suspicious Links

9 Jun 2023 6 minute read 1 comment Investigator515 $0.18

  We’ve all been told to not click suspicious links…but what do you do when one hits your inbox? Today’s article will be short, concise and straight to the point. We’ve spoken about how we like to provide tools and resources to people to assist in k...

OSINT Unleashed: 5 Essential Tools for Cyber Investigators

5 Jun 2023 4 minute read 1 comment Investigator515 $0.01

When you’re using open source intelligence the ability to obtain and analyse information is key to achieving your goals. The correct tools will help you streamline this process, giving you the ability to delve deeper in to your open source investigat...

Cybersecurity Aspires to Be a Competitive Advantage

31 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist $0.31

The game is changing as cybersecurity groups must justify their growing costs and importance during the economic downturn.  CISOs are under pressure to do more with much less and need to adapt to show clear competitive advantages.  Cybersecurity must...