Asset Management

SolarWinds Incident

infotex does not use SolarWinds… We are protecting our Clients! Another blog post meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . To all infotex managed security service Clients: As recently reported by major news outlets there is currently an ongoing attack o...

Zoom Security: No longer an Oxymoron

Lessons Learned from Zoom’s Rise… The only constant is change. An illustration of impermanence in information security. Zoom’s popularity is in a large part thanks to its ease of use and low cost. How can you go wrong with an application that is popular, cost ...

Security in a Cloud Computing Environment

An Update to the FFIEC Outsourced Cloud Computing Document In April 2020, the FFIEC released their “Joint Statement on Risk Management for Cloud Computing Services” as an update to their 2012 statement “Outsourced Cloud Computing.” The 2012 statement was a short, four-page...

The Threat From Within

One of the biggest data security threats you face comes from inside… An article review. We spend a lot of time thinking about the threats to our network posed by hackers: from ransomware and phishing scams to data breaches, we often view the culprit as being some un...

Printers Remain a Significant Network Threat

Nearly 50 vulnerabilities were found in printers from the top six brands… An article review. You’re aware of phishing scams, you don’t open e-mail attachments you weren’t expecting to receive, your virus definitions are updated regularly and you don’t connect to uns...

Many School Districts Are Still Vulnerable To WannaCry

Years after patches were released, many systems remain vulnerable… An article review. While it has been over two years since the WannaCry exploit was publicly announced, a new report submitted by our own Sean Waugh says that hundreds of thousands of internet-connect...

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 ...