What is PKI? PKI is a set of technologies, policies, and procedures applied to establish, administer, issue, and terminate digital certificates and associated public-private key pairs. It provides a solid basis that allows assurance for safe digital information and communications in matters of authentication, encryption, and digital signature. PKI in…
Cybersecurity in 2024 has changed, and a cybercrime community effectively exploits the vulnerabilities of these newer kinds of attacks. Higher ransomware attacks, highly sophisticated phishing attempts, and new threats looming around the Internet of Things; indeed, this past year brought out how indispensable cyber security is. All significant trends, essential…
What is a DMARC Fail? A DMARC fail happens when a message does not pass SPF or DKIM tests that are used to check the envelope and header information respectively and further does not match the domain stated in the ‘From’ field according to the DMARC policy, resulting in either…
What is DMARC? DMARC, short for Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance, is yet another email authentication protocol that is aimed at empowering the owners of specific email domains to shield their domains from being impersonated or faked, a phenomenon popularly known as email spoofing. DMARC draws on the two…
The incident occurred on 14 November 2024 using a well-known company offering Cloudflare web infrastructure services. The event resulted in the loss of service to its logging-as-a-service product, and for this, most clients lost log data, thus causing concerns in the whole tech world about such kinds of services. Cloud-based…
In recent months, a new PhaaS platform called Rockstar 2FA has been launched, which has the potential to carry out large-scale AiTM attacks owing to its effectiveness. This platform focuses on Microsoft 365 accounts and is very risky because it bypasses multifactor authentication (MFA) through session cookie hijacking, thus enabling…
What is Data Loss Prevention (DLP)? Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is an additional tool in your security tool belt consisting of various methods and programs to protect sensitive data from outsiders, including loss and exposure. The DLP (Data Loss Prevention) aims to protect data integrity, availability, and confidentiality inside the…
Understanding Black Friday and Cyber Monday Scams is the first step to staying safe. Vigilance and awareness of potential threats when shopping online during these peak seasons are crucial. Black Friday/Cyber Monday scams refer to fraudulent schemes during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday season when cyber thieves swindle their unsuspecting customers…
NIST has made its most recent major step in securing digital communication from the new threats of quantum computing. It wrapped up the promotion of 14 cryptographic algorithms to the second round of its additional post-quantum digital signing competition. This is the agency’s additional step towards the persistent effort to…
Starting November 10, 2023, Azure announced that all connections to its services must use TLS 1.2 or newer versions for better security. The older versions, TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1, are being phased out because newer versions offer better security features. What is TLS? Transport Layer Security is a protocol…
Cyber crimes have no stop signs! Weekly, cyber attacks per organization increased by 30% averaging 1,636. This is another addition to the long list of cybersecurity attacks! HUMAN Security, Inc., a global cybersecurity company, uncovered a huge fraudulent operation called “Phish ‘n’ Ships.” This scam has stolen millions of dollars…
On November 5, 2024, Google Cloud announced that it will require all users to adopt multi-factor authentication (MFA) by 2025. Was MFA not Implemented Previously? No, it was implemented, but only 70% of the users were using it, and the rest were signing in with just a password, which is…
In its step further toward privacy and security, Apple recently announced an important update regarding the receipt signing intermediate certificate of the App Store, which will be able to switch over to the SHA-256 cryptographic algorithm. This changes the requirements for app validation as well as in-app purchases, and so…
According to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 cybersecurity researchers, the Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform Sniper Dz has recently achieved a worrisome milestone for many. Over the year, Sniper Dz has created over 140,000 phishing sites, targeting popular platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Netflix, and PayPal users. How does Sniper Dz launch…
In a recent cybersecurity alert, researchers have uncovered critical vulnerabilities in the popular Jupiter X Core WordPress plugin, which is currently installed on over 90,000 websites globally. This plugin has been identified as having security flaws that could potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and take control of affected…
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