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Tales From the Road: How Social Engineering Penetration Testing Proved to be A Fruitful Method of Attack

By: Bethany Kozal 03.28.24

During an engagement with a financial services client, DirectDefense relied upon social engineering (and other tactics) to penetrate their physical offices and wireless networks. Performing a combination of physical and wireless penetration testing is always a unique experience for DirectDefense consultants. From location to business type, our team has experienced and learned a lot over… Read more »

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence

By: Chris Witte 03.01.23

An Examination Whether the Latest AI Products are Anything More Than Powerful New Tools If you work in security or even tech, odds are you can’t stop hearing about recent advancements in artificial intelligence and how they will be humankind’s undoing. With the introduction of products like ChatGPT, OpenAI, or ChatSonic, it’s undeniable that the… Read more »

Part 3: I Hope This Vishing Call Finds You Well…

By: Bruno Oliveira 12.06.22

How We Used A Vishing Test to Attack an Internal Corporate Network We are back with the third and final write-up of our social engineering blog series to add to previous posts about an email phishing campaign and target phishing scenarios using social media. This post is all about a vishing call! Vishing or Voice… Read more »

Tales From the Road: When the City Library Can Access the SCADA Network, It’s Time to Rebuild

By: Bethany Kozal 10.06.22

DirectDefense conducted cyber penetration tests for a municipality and found some significant gaps within the SCADA network.

Tales From the Road: Who’s in the Driver’s Seat of Your Physical Security?

By: Bethany Kozal 07.27.22

DirectDefense conducted a physical security test at a utility company and was able to have their run of the business – and a Tesla.

The Emotional Toll of Incident Response Events

By: Jim Broome 03.31.22

Navigating 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 »

PolicyKit Vulnerability Exposed After 12 Years: Why You Need to Patch Your Linux Today

By: Nick Shuman 01.26.22

Security company Qualys has uncovered a dangerous PolicyKit vulnerability. Learn how to remediate and patch Linux.

Tales from the Road: Water Utilities, Take Warning!

By: Kelly Kish 02.09.21

If you don’t want to issue the dreaded boil-water advisory then make sure your wireless network is hacker-proof. How our team was able to drive up to a municipal water utility, join the wireless SCADA network and gain the access needed to do some major damage to the water supply – all in 10 minutes… Read more »

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence

Tales From the Road: When the City Library Can Access the SCADA Network, It’s Time to Rebuild

Tales From the Road: Who’s in the Driver’s Seat of Your Physical Security?

The Emotional Toll of Incident Response Events

PolicyKit Vulnerability Exposed After 12 Years: Why You Need to Patch Your Linux Today

Tales from the Road: Water Utilities, Take Warning!

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