In December of 2021, Kronos was attacked by ransomware. If you are not familiar with the company, Kronos is one of the largest Human Resources companies in the world, which means they have many, many clients that depend on their services. One thing they are known for in particular is payroll systems. As a result …
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The NSA has released specific guidance to system administrators in January of 2021. The recommendation is to eliminate obsolete Transport Layer Security (TLS) configurations. This is a very important reccomndation that every organization should take under advisement. Let’s take closer look at TLS and why this recommendation was made. What is transport layer security (TLS)? Transport …
I’ve seen a several instances in the news talking about ransomware targeting ESXi servers. While it doesn’t surprise me much at all, it has been gaining a lot of attention. With the amount of environments that are virtualized today, the focus seems to be on recovery of virtual machines versus the recovery of the ESXi …
What is a disaster, anyway? According to our good friends at Merriam-Webster, a disaster is “a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction”. Ransomware certainly meets that definition. If bringing a company’s IT systems and business operations to a screeching halt doesn’t constitute great damage, loss, or destruction I don’t know what does. Ransomware is …
Lately, I’ve been doing quite a bit of work around ransomware recovery and incident response. Many of the NIST documents have been a great starting point, and I’ve come across some real gems during my research. Here is a list of documents I have found helpful or interesting, and a little bit about each of …
Do you know what Name Wreck vulnerabilities are and how they can potentially harm millions of smart devices? Name Wreck, stylized NAME:WRECK vulnerabilities are cyber security flaws that put millions of internet-connected gadgets—including various forms of home automation and IoT (Internet of Things) devices—at risk for hacker exploitation. While people like to make jokes about …