I am often asked how threat actors get their malicious packages past both the latest technical monitoring and a well-trained staff. The quick answer is the hackers are always looking for and changing to new attack vectors – such as this one: MalDoc in PDFs: Hiding malicious Word docs in …
A Zero-day Primer
The zero-day threat is a serious one for any vendor or organisation to deal with and you should understand how it can defeat your technical defences. Here is a three-part mini-series that takes you through the zero-day threat in a straightforward way so you can make some decisions on how …
The Zero-day Threat
I am involved in an IT/Cyber Security Audit this week – so I am pushed for time to produce articles a Wednesday article for Smart Thinking. Zero-day What I can give you is all three parts of my Zero-day mini-series that I completed last week: The Zero-day Threat – What …
The Zero-day Problem – Do Something Special
The Zero-day Attack. Is there something more I can do? As I discussed in the first and second part of this mini-series looking at the zero-day threat, what you are having to do is defend against the unknown – something that at first glance would seem impossible. Zero-day – It …
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WordPress zero-day issue
I did not write about WordPress all of last – but that would not continue. WordPress – the worlds most popular website builder, according to WordPress – and the associated plug-ins will always be a target for hackers, looking for an easy way to hit many victims. The Ultimate Member …
