Asset Management

Asus Malware Highlights The Risk of Supply Chain Attacks

The malware was distributed through Asus’ own tool, and was signed with a valid certificate… An article review. When it comes to avoiding malware and other internet attacks, most users know you should avoid downloading files from unknown sources—but a recent a...

Bitlocker Attack Puts Data At Risk

A simple $30 part and publicly available code allowed access to keys… An article review. Researchers recently announced a new successful attack against Bitlocker, a full-disk encryption tool that has built into Windows since Vista, and the attack is surprisingly sim...

Sign-In Kiosks May Be Putting You At Risk

New research reveals issues with these commonly overlooked devices… An article review. With computers involved in our lives and businesses in so many ways, it can seem like we’re always being warned of another overlooked device that is ready to wreak havoc. Wh...

New Exploits Turn ATM Hacking Into a Game

Hackers are getting unusually creative in their attacks… An article review. One drawback of limiting the scope of our annual review articles (the M-7, T-7 and R-7) to seven items is that we don’t always get to include every subject we’d like to. Luckily ...

T7: The Trend of Trends 2019

The seven best trend articles in 2019 . . . For ISOs of small financial institutions. While it may not feel like it yet for some of us, we’re well on our way into 2019, and that means it’s time for the last of our annual articles looking at predictions and tre...

Legacy Devices Pose A Security Risk

Devices like fax machines and copiers are often classified as office supplies and slip past IT scrutiny… An article review. Despite all the advances in technology, most offices still generate large volumes of printed documents, and the devices used to produce and pr...

The 12 Billion Dollar Scam

New FBI statistics suggest compromised business email accounts have led to over 12 billion dollars in losses since 2013… An article review. So much attention has been paid to ransomware, botnets and other relatively recent developments that it’s easy to forget...

New Bill Adds Industrial Control Systems to Homeland Security’s Oversight

While already happening in practice, the new legislation would officially make it one of the agency’s priorities. An article review. In an acknowledgment of what is recognized as a growing threat, legislation introduced recently in the House of Representatives would...

Don’t Believe Your Eyes: Router-Based Malware Can Change Website Data

Previously thought to be designed to deliver a DDoS attack, VPNFilter can alter data in transit and change what you see on your screen. An article review. Initially, researchers thought that a new piece of router-based malware called VPNFilter was a relatively simple tool...

Project Indigo: Blurring The Lines Between Government and Private Sector Cybersecurity

US Cyber Command joins with the FS-ISAC to share threat intelligence… An article review. Threat intelligence sharing is a concept we’re all probably familiar with, at least in passing–it’s hard to imagine where we’d be without the efforts of ...

Asset Management

Asus Malware Highlights The Risk of Supply Chain Attacks

Bitlocker Attack Puts Data At Risk

Sign-In Kiosks May Be Putting You At Risk

New Exploits Turn ATM Hacking Into a Game

T7: The Trend of Trends 2019

Legacy Devices Pose A Security Risk

The 12 Billion Dollar Scam

New Bill Adds Industrial Control Systems to Homeland Security’s Oversight

Don’t Believe Your Eyes: Router-Based Malware Can Change Website Data

Project Indigo: Blurring The Lines Between Government and Private Sector Cybersecurity

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