Protecting and Responding to Ransomware Attacks – A Best Practice
Let’s start with the basics: ransomware, a malicious software, poses a significant threat to organizations by encrypting their data and demanding payment for its restoration. This type of attack disrupts business operations and presents management with a dilemma: to pay
DDoS Attacks on Critical Infrastructure: A Look at Hydro-Québec’s Website Outage
Recently, the critical infrastructure of Canada has once again become the target of cyberattacks. Pro-Russian hacking groups have launched a series of DDoS or denial of service attacks, causing operational disruptions and website outages across various government and civilian organizations.
ChatGPT-3 and now ChatGPT-4 — What Does it Mean for Cybersecurity?
We’ve been watching the evolution of ChatGPT, particularly the addition of GPT-4 which was officially announced on March 13, as of now, however, it’s only available in the ChatGPT Plus paid subscription. The current free version of ChatGPT will still
The Indigo Bookstore Ransom Cyber Attack – Lessons Learned
The recent attack on the Indigo Bookstore left many cyber security analysts scratching their heads. How did attackers seize control of systems through ransomware, and how was a zero-day exploit used? It's not just a matter of understanding what happened
Analyzing Security Incidents for a Better Future Response
We wrote about Incident Response in blog post titled “Incident Response Technology has become Critical to Limiting Damage.” We discussed the dramatic increase in the number of attacks including the fact that IC3 or Internet Crime Complaint Center received close
Organizations Struggle Implementing Compliance Requirements Including NIST & Zero Trust Mandates
Over the last year, we’ve seen a literally flood of government legislation and formal guidance concerning cybersecurity best practices. New mandates have been coming or to the cyber community fast and furious, and government agencies and their contractors have had
How to Implement an Effective Vulnerability Management Program
We’ve written considerably on Vulnerability Management, Vulnerability Assessments and Patching because they are so critical to preventing attacks. I’ve provided links to several of the most read blog posts we have written on the subject. In this blog post, we’ll
Why Incident Response Technology has become Critical to Limiting Damage
Businesses and organizations operating in today’s connected world face a variety of dangerous new threats from cyber criminals. To keep pace with the Digital Transformation, organizations have to provide convenience for their customers, thus taking payments online, storing customer data
The Fundamental Elements of Cyber Hygiene
Cyber Hygiene or IT hygiene involves best practices related to cybersecurity to protect your network and infrastructure from threats. It serves as the basic foundation for a proactive, systematic, and comprehensive approach to data protection. Taking the time to create