DatAlert Analytics just got some new threat models. Our research laboratory is tracking new ransomware, finding vulnerabilities in common security practices, and setting up new threat models to keep your...

Hackers are able to break into systems and move around easily without being detected. How is this possible with so much invested in firewalls, malware scanners, and other intrusion detection...

Table of Contents Ransomware strains that have been targeting hospitals Should your hospital pay? Reasons not to pay Would a ransomware infection be considered a breach, according to HIPAA? Are...

I really believe that an IT security person should master some of the programming concepts that go into malware. File that under “know your enemy”.

Setting up network file sharing is one of those core IT practices that every Windows admin knows about and has implemented as part of their daily work. The basic mechanics...

In this series of posts, I covered ideas to get you started using basic testing software to find security vulnerabilities. There are more advanced tools, such as Metasploit, which lets...

When I wrote about Remote Access Trojans (RATs), I thought they were like the mousetraps of the hacking world — it’s hard to improve on. RATs let hackers get a...

If you haven’t already seen Mikko Hypponen’s collection of vintage malware at the Internet Archive, take the time for a brief tour. If you’re on a lunch hour, it’s also...

If you haven’t already heard, the Top 20 Critical Security Controls has a new name. Last year, after the Center for Internet Security(CIS) integrated with the Council on Cybersecurity, the...

Our sprawling pen-testing series has taken on a life of its own! For your convenience and blog reading pleasure, we’ve assembled all the links to this six seven part series below....

We’re now at a point in this series where we’ve exhausted all our standard tricks to steal credentials — guessing passwords, or brute force attacks on the hash itself. What’s...

Over the holiday break, I had a chance to see “The Big Short”, the movie based on Michael Lewis’s book about the housing bubble. Or more accurately, about how a...