A recent vulnerability was reported involving TAR files. TAR is short for tape archive. It’s used, similar to .zip files (similar but not the same) to store multiple files as a single file and is used mostly in Unix or Linux environments. On a Windows machine, TAR files can be opened using a common piece… Continue reading Block TAR Files
Now that we’ve covered phishing, in this next set of blogs, we’re going to start looking at some of the other various methods hackers use to compromise systems and protective controls that you can implement to keep yourselves safer. In this blog, we’ll explain the risks associated with using USB or flash drive media. Bullet… Continue reading USB Security Risks to All Companies
Welcome to the sixth blog in our series of blogs discussing phishing and social engineering – and ways of protecting yourself from hackers. Today, we’ll be summarizing what we’ve learned about phishing. Bullet Point Summary Social Engineering is the art of manipulating people so they give up confidential information; phishing is using email to do social engineering.… Continue reading Phishing – Are you Susceptible? (Part 6) – Summary
Welcome to the fifth blog in our series of blogs discussing phishing and social engineering – and ways of protecting yourself from hackers. Today, we’ll be discussing spear phishing. Bullet Point Summary Spear phishing is when a fraudulent email is sent appearing to be legitimately sent by the person (for example, an attacker sending an email… Continue reading Phishing – Are you Susceptible? (Part 5)
Welcome to the fourth blog in a series of blogs discussing phishing and social engineering – and ways of protecting yourself from hackers. Today, we’ll be one of the theories (which we subscribe to) of why emotion causes us to not think critically, Amygdala hijacking. Bullet Point Summary Emotion is the enemy. When we feel… Continue reading Phishing – Are you Susceptible? (Part 4)
Welcome to the third blog in a series of blogs discussing phishing and social engineering – and ways of protecting yourself from hackers. Today, we’ll be discussing how to analyze links, and more importantly, while it’s important to be able to analyze a link, why it’s more important to understand emotion to prevent a hackers success in… Continue reading Phishing – Are you Susceptible? (Part 3)
Welcome to the second blog in a series of blogs discussing phishing and social engineering – and ways of protecting yourself from hackers. We will be discussing the elements behind how hackers are trying to exploit you, and we will be discussing the techniques and other preventative controls you can take to protect yourself. Today, we will be discussing the… Continue reading Phishing – Are you Susceptible? (Part 2)
Welcome to the first blog in a series of blogs discussing phishing and social engineering – and ways of protecting yourself from hackers. We will be discussing the elements behind how hackers are trying to exploit you, and we will be discussing the techniques and other preventative controls you can take to protect yourself. In today’s blog, we’ll be discussing… Continue reading Phishing – Are you Susceptible? (Part 1)
One of the most common ways that you can discern if an email is a phish is by checking the sender. If it is someone that you don’t know, or it is about something you did not expect, you don’t click on the email. Spear phishing is a way that attackers can get around this… Continue reading A Short Primer on Spear Phishing
Imagine if your computer looked like this the next time you booted it up. This is one example of the effects of ransomware on a computer. Ransomware is a type of malware that blocks or encrypts files on a target’s computer unless they pay a ransom to the attacker to unlock it. Many targets are… Continue reading Beware of Ransomware
