Cybersecurity
Part 3 De-Anonymizing Domains on the Dark Web – Favicon matching
Favicon Matching The second method that is used to uncover a dark web based website on the surface internet (clear internet) is the process of "favicon matching". A favicon is…
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Part 2 De-Anonymizing Domains on the Dark Web – TLS Certificate Matching
The first approach used by Cisco's Talos Threat Intelligence team was that of TLS certificate matching. With this approach the self signed certificate that is used by their dark web…
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The Ability to De-Anonymize Domains on the Dark Web
Members of the Cisco Talos Threat Intelligence team have developed 3 techniques to identify ransomware operators websites hosted on the dark web and their respective IP Addresses. This has given…
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FAQ – What are YARA Rules?
YARA is a pattern matching framework. It is used to identify and classify malware and other IT Security threats. It has a long standing history in the IT security landscape…
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Protecting your Credit Card Details
With various malicious threat actors continuously evolving their attack techniques it is becoming extremely important to keep our credit card details safe in our highly networked world. With how convenient…
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Cyber Insurance, and its Critical Role In Front Line Cyber Defenses
Cybersecurity, cyber insurance and ransomware tend to go hand in hand. Both security and insurance providers work tirelessly to reduce the impact of ransomware on businesses which is one of…
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What is the Difference Between Attack Surface Management & Vulnerability Management
With how quickly software and businesses evolve, this causes problems with the traditional IT asset and vulnerability management practices. As a result this has opened a new technological segment known…
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Opinion – Red Teaming Vs Purple Teaming
In this post I am looking to get an idea of the following through a poll: If you were looking to start a career in cybersecurity, which would you go…
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What is Confidential Computing?
What is Confidential Computing? Confidential computing is an approach which takes advantage of secure enclave technology. This in turn enables the creation of a trusted execution environment (TEE) based on…
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900,000 MikroTik Routers Vulnerable to Total Takeover by Malicious Threat Actors
Mikrotik routers are popular targets for threat actors including nation state groups. Roughly 900,000 devices can be potentially attacked via a prvilege escalation vulnerability in the Router OS firmware. CVE-2023-30788…
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