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Maze Ransomware Hits Fortune 500 Company Cognizant: What Can We Learn?

It’s not new news but it’s shocking how large enterprises are becoming victims, these are challenging times. Cognizant (A large fortune 500 company) was seen to notify customers of a compromise and more details. This particular ransomware is particularly dangerous as it steals data before encrypting it and next threatens to release it if the… Read More »Maze Ransomware Hits Fortune 500 Company Cognizant: What Can We Learn?

SaltStack Advisory (Vulnerability, Impact, Remediation)

This blog was authored by Jitendra Chauhan, Head R&D, FireCompass Salk Stack is  A configuration management system. Salt is capable of maintaining remote nodes in defined states. For example, it can ensure that specific packages are installed and that specific services are running. A distributed remote execution system used to execute commands and query data on… Read More »SaltStack Advisory (Vulnerability, Impact, Remediation)

2019 Biggest Breaches: 2019 The “Worst Year On Record” For Breaches

According to research from Risk Based Security, the total number of breaches was up 33% over last year. That’s a whopping 5,183 data breaches for a total of 7.9 billion exposed records and in November, the research firm called 2019 the “worst year on record” for breaches… Not having real time view of your dynamic attack surface and… Read More »2019 Biggest Breaches: 2019 The “Worst Year On Record” For Breaches

One Plus Breach – November 2019

Less than 3000 one-plus smartphone users were claimed to be affected by a recent one-plus data breach. One-plus is known to have had previous data breaches. Customers are advised to change their password. Data leaked involves name, address, email. The nature of data revealed maybe used for impersonation and indirect access to other accounts. Recently,… Read More »One Plus Breach – November 2019