CyberSecurity Institute

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: DNS Zone Transfer AXFR Requests May Leak Domain Information A remote unauthenticated user may request a DNS zone transfer from a public-facing DNS server. If improperly configured, the DNS server may respond with information…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] I know that the Beebone botnet was taken down, but users and administrators still need to clean up. So onto the news: Top 5 Cybersecurity Failures in Financial Services … according to a report by the Center for…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: iOS 8.3 fixes dozens of security vulnerabilities Apple has issued more than three-dozen security fixes in its latest mobile operating system update, released Wednesday. Link: http://paulgdavis.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=45bf3caf699abf9904ddc00e3&id=56c1273799&e=20056c7556 Malware-as-a-Service enabling novice threat actors to attack According…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: Cyber War Games: Top 3 Lessons Learned About Incident Response Deloitte leads client organizations in war game exercises like these to “stress test” their incident response plans, and identify the strengths and weaknesses of…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] So onto the news: Cisco Launches New Advanced Malware Protection Capabilities and Incident Response Services, Giving Customers Powerful Tools for Faster Time to Detection and Resolution SAN JOSE, CA, Apr 07, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Cisco CSCO,…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] I know there has been lots of news about the Dyre malware, so I didnt think you needed to here it from me. So onto the news: Wyoming broadens definition of personal information in amended data breach notification…