by Taylor Smith | Apr 5, 2018 | ISMS Consulting
In a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, the attacker seeks to make it impossible to deliver the targeted online service. The attack does this by blocking legitimate access to one or more components of the service: servers, networks, applications, devices or...
by Taylor Smith | Jan 23, 2018 | Security Awareness Training
As we begin a new year, it is always good to reflect on the events of the past few months, and take into consideration what your company may be facing in terms of security challenges over the next year. Some things change by the year, or by the month… or even by the...
by Taylor Smith | Nov 7, 2017 | InfoSec Strategies
News and conjecture on the KRACK (Key Reinstallation Attack) Wi-Fi vulnerability have been making rounds through the media since its recent public announcement. The attack, which exploits a security flaw in the WPA2 Wi-Fi protocol, allows hackers to eavesdrop on...
by John Verry | Oct 25, 2017 | ISMS Consulting
In a previous blog post, I tried to raise awareness of the fact that, although small businesses were not usually cyber attack “targets” per se, information security is still critical for them because such a high percentage of cybercrime attacks are...
by Jeremy Sporn | Aug 2, 2017 | InfoSec Strategies
The WordPress security experts at Wordfence have spotted a new and increasingly widespread attack vector targeting newly created WordPress powered websites. If successful, the exploit allows hackers to salt your site with drive-by malware, pilfer sensitive data or...
