When you hear coronavirus, what emotions does it invoke? Does it invoke any emotions whatsoever? Or is it just another thought that you pushed to the back of your mind? As an investment manager you are probably concerned about how it affects your portfolio, but have you thought about how it can affect your people
Five critical vulnerabilities found in various implementations of the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) could allow attackers on a local network to take over enterprise devices, as discovered by IoT security company Armis. (It is important to note that attacks can not be performed remotely and requires attackers to have access to internal networks.) CDP is
On January 27, 2020 the Securities and Exchange Commission Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations issued examination observations related to cybersecurity and operational resiliency practices undertaken by market participants. We reviewed this alert and simplified it into major points that are easily digestible. The OCIE provided the following observations: Governance and Risk Management Senior leadership is
On December 17, 2019, Citrix published an article describing vulnerability affecting the Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Citrix Gateway formerly known as NetScaler ADC and Gateway. The vulnerability was assigned the following CVE number: CVE-2019-19781 : Vulnerability in Citrix Application Delivery Controller and Citrix Gateway leading to arbitrary code execution The vulnerability affects all product
In December 2019, the U.S. government issued indictments against two hackers who were allegedly involved in a multiyear effort to penetrate the systems of several IT Vendors and Managed Services Providers (MSPs). The attack known today as the “Cloud Hopper Mega Hack” was first noticed in 2016, as indicated by the Wall Street Journal. Preview
We’re honored to be shortlisted for the HFM US Technology Awards 2020 in the category of Best Cybersecurity Provider. THANK YOU for your support and appreciation, and encouraging us to be a little different. The awards ceremony will take place February 5, 2020. Wish us luck. We're thrilled to be selected as a finalist. We
So, you are thinking of moving to the public cloud, or have already made the move. While there are many benefits (we will not list them) to moving to the public cloud, proceed with caution. The biggest threat to cloud security does not come in the form of bots or zombie networks or hackers, it
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Our goal this month is to provide you meaningful information to help you make well-informed, conscious decisions about how you should be protecting yourself and company from cyber threats. To start this month off we felt it was important for everyone to become familiar with the term “attack surface”.
Phillip Capital Inc. ("PCI")., a Chicago-based brokerage firm was ordered to pay $1.5 million dollars due to a cyber attack. Per the CFTC, PCI allowed "cyber criminals to breach PCI email systems, access customer information, and successfully withdraw $1 million in PCI customer funds." The order also finds that "PCI failed to disclose the cyber
Inform your HR departments, internal recruiting teams, and hiring managers to be on the lookout for emails that come from someone submitting a resume for an open position in your firm. Why? There has been a significant increase in the use of this type of email attack to deliver malware. What makes these emails different?
