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Lithuania provides insight into the broader threats from China
Lithuania warns that China has ramped up espionage & cyber campaigns in this year’s National Threat Assessments. Cybersecurity and Digital Safety specialists benefit from studying and reflecting on other countries’ national threat assessments. The problem is selecting one that best matches the resources and capabilities that are more closely aligned with most of the world. Read More
Perhaps it is time to admit that the ladder is on the wrong wall
I’m reading Paul Vixie’s Magical Thinking in Internet Security. I 100% agree with everything Paul is pointing out. We’ve had many conversations about these challenges in the past. But I’m now at a point where I’m looking in the mirror and realizing what we’re doing might be the wrong approach. I’m exasperated at the persistent Read More
Optimize Shadowserver’s Value – Checklist
Optimize Shadowserver’s value! Stop the Threat Actors! You are at risk if you get any of the +120 daily reports. Most issues are easily fixed. All these reports share details the threat actor can potentially exploit. Take 15 minutes once a quarter to update your contacts, ASNs, IPs, Domain, APIs, and other details. Quarterly Reviews Read More
Think first – then Act – Apache Struts CVE-2023-50164
The days when the good guys can take a security break during the December Holidays are over. Plan and expect issues that require teams to come in and mitigate/minimize risk to be the “new normal” for the holidays. This year, researcher Steven Seeley discovered a way to abuse the popular Apache Struts frameworks’ file upload Read More
Thanksgiving Holiday Fun! Five Eyes Warn of LockBit 3.0 Ransomware!
Do you know if your network is vulnerable to LockBit 3.0 Ransomware crew getting into your network via NetScaler CVE-2023-4966 vulnerability? Boeing – a company with a powerful cybersecurity team – was penetrated by the LockBit crews using CVE-2023-4966. Is this your Thanksgiving holiday fun? For those subscribed to Shadowserver free Cyber Civil Defence reporting, Read More
Protecting BGP Sessions – Step-by-Step Guide to Prevent an Easy DDoS
Organizations are not protecting their BGP session. Take the time to ask the question …. Do we have our BGP ports protected? Are you: If not, work with your peers to deploy an Infrastructure ACL (iACL) to cover all your network devices, deploy specific data plane ACLs on your routers/switches to protect them, work with
Why are the top National Security Teams Yelling for you to Fix your Network?
The top National Security Teams are yelling at you to fix your network. The Joint Advisory is not a simple act of collaboration. The first 12 are highlighted for a reason. We do not know the insider reasons other than they are ACTIVELY EXOLIOTED with NOT ENOUGH ORGANIZATIONS MITIGATING that are PUTTING ORGANIZATIONS at RISK. Read More
Cyberwarfare is here; now what?
Cyberwarfare activities were always on the Internet. STUXNET, Google Aurora, and many other attacks were a fact of life. We had cyber attacks when Yugoslavia broke up. We have constant attacks in the Middle East. Cyberwar was part of a security practitioner’s threat model from the late ‘80s until the early 2000s. Then, cybercrime started Read More
Protect your BGP Sessions from DDoS Attacks
Networks that think they are “DDoS resilient” get surprised when their BGP Sessions go down from an easily crafted DDoS. BGP port (179) is left open to the Internet and is an easy target for a low-level attack that will knock down your BGP session. Shodan’s BGP Report 325,082 open port 179 instances (June 2023). Read More