CyberSecurity Institute

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: FBI Warns Retailers of New Credit Card Malware An internal FBI cyber alert sent to U.S. companies Wednesday states that Bureau cyber investigators have identified software signatures used…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Adversary Intelligence: Getting Behind the Keyboard Arguably one of the most controversial subjects in Threat Intelligence currently is the topic of Attribution, or developing Adversary Intelligence. Without Adversary…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Why cyber should not be limited to cyber Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is not new, and making sense of data from publicly available sources is as relevant for cyber…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Web Scanning Engine launched a web scanning engine with capabilities to find similar registered domain names, blacklist checker and link analysis tools for domains and threat intelligence data….

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Malware performs fraudulent actions on social media Known as the Linux/Moose, the malware primarily targets Linux-based consumer routers and infect other Linux-based embedded systems. Once infected, the compromised…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: 20% of IT professionals have witnessed a security breach cover-up Research conducted by AlienVault has shown that 20% of IT security professionals have witnessed a breach being hidden…