Successful mitigation of today’s security threats requires an approach that is both on the offensive and on the defensive. Here, we give our take on how to approach and handle specific security challenges, as well as our reaction to some of the latest industry topics.
07.10.23How DirectDefense Compromised a Banking Institution’s Help Desk and Member Services Using a Phone Social Engineering Attack + 5 Common Vishing Pitfalls to Avoid Cyber criminals will stop at nothing to steal personal and confidential information from their target. In recent years, many high-profile attacks have leveraged targeted phone social engineering attacks, known as vishing.… Read more »
10.06.22DirectDefense conducted cyber penetration tests for a municipality and found some significant gaps within the SCADA network.
07.27.22DirectDefense conducted a physical security test at a utility company and was able to have their run of the business – and a Tesla.
03.31.22Navigating the 5 Stages of Grief Following an Incident Response Event Are you a victim of a data breach and are you feeling signs of grief? You’re not alone. As an incident response professional, I have met many different types of corporate staff, from the IT staff to the C-suite. Unfortunately, it was probably on… Read more »
03.08.22Avoid these three pitfalls that are inherent to most SCADA systems that manage critical infrastructure. A multinational corporation enlisted the services of DirectDefense to perform a security assessment of the organization’s newly-developed battery energy storage control (BESS) that would enable the company’s vendors and integrators to manage the voltage and power output for massive batteries.… Read more »
01.26.22Security company Qualys has uncovered a dangerous PolicyKit vulnerability. Learn how to remediate and patch Linux.
12.16.20Part 1: Get Inside the Heads of the DirectDefense Team as We Launched an Attack on a Client’s System to Bypass Passwords and Gain Access to “Protected” Critical Data This post is the first in a 2-part series addressing the need for strong passwords across all industries to adequately protect important company and user data.… Read more »
12.16.20Part 2: Get Rid of Weak Passwords like Winter2020 and Password1 – Our Attack into One Company’s Database Highlights the Risk of Poor Passwords This post is the second in our 2-part series addressing the need for strong passwords across all industries to adequately protect critical information. In a recent client engagement, we set out… Read more »
