Credential-based Attacks

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Securing ADFS against password spraying attacks

Stolen account passwords provide the “path of least resistance” into a victim network for an attacker. Once compromised credentials are obtained, the attacker can easily access business-critical systems with little effort. Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS) is a solution... Read More

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Protecting Your Organization Against the Nobelium Attacks

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has recently issued guidance to organizations in response to a series of attacks. This guidance was released following a notification in which Microsoft indicated that it had identified new activity tied to an... Read More

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Top 5 Hacker Groups and their Attacks

One of the frightening cybersecurity risks for businesses today is undoubtedly ransomware. It doesn’t discriminate and leaves in its wake encrypted, unreadable files, threats of data leaks, and often millions of dollars in damages. Moreover, large-scale and sophisticated ransomware... Read More

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Defending Your Network from RockYou2021 

In June 2021, a large data dump was posted to a popular internet hacking forum. This dataset was termed “rockyou2021,” named after the popular password brute-force wordlist known as Rockyou.txt.   Media and Twitter alike were abuzz with what to... Read More

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Impact and cost of ransomware attacks

Sophos, a global leader in cybersecurity, revealed in its survey “The State of Ransomware 2021” that the average total cost of recovery from a ransomware attack has more than doubled in a year, increasing from $761,106 in 2020 to... Read More