News stories about Security breaches are increasing day by day. Security breach instances are growing at an alarming rate; while becoming faster and larger in scope. Approximately 1500 companies are breached annually and the total records compromised nearly double each year. An organization must work quickly and accurately to navigate the terrain. The impact for… Read More »Security Breach Impacts and Top 10 Mitigation Techniques
Social Engineering attacks refers to psychological manipulation of people into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information. Most common social engineering attacks used to target users are Phishing Attack: These attacks are the most common type of attacks leveraging social engineering techniques. Attackers use social media, emails, instant messaging and SMS to trick victims… Read More »3 Social Engineering Attacks To Look Out For
Security Researcher Sahad Nk recently discovered a string of webapp vulnerabilities in Microsoft (Office & Live Login System), that could allow an attacker to easily gain access to organizations emails and data on Office. Though individually the vulnerabilities were not severe, but when connected together could lead to critical data loss. Here’s brief overview of… Read More »Microsoft Office Sub-domain Takeover Vulnerability Affecting 400 Million Users