An Ambitious Plan to Tackle Ransomware Faces Long Odds
A task force counting Amazon, Cisco, and the FBI among its members has proposed a framework to solve one of cybersecurity’s biggest problems. Good luck. SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, THE City of…
More Countries Officially Blame Russia for SolarWinds Attack
The United Kingdom, Canada, the European Union, and NATO have supported the United States in blaming Russia for the cyberattack on IT management company SolarWinds, which impacted organizations worldwide. The…
NSA: Russian Hackers Exploiting VPN Vulnerabilities – Patch Immediately
On Thursday, the U.S. government warned that Russian APT operators are exploiting five known — and already patched — vulnerabilities in corporate VPN infrastructure products, insisting it is “critically important”…
US Expels Russian Diplomats, Imposes Sanctions for Hacking
On Thursday, the Biden administration announced that the U.S. was expelling 10 Russian diplomats and imposing sanctions against dozens of companies and people, holding the Kremlin accountable for interference in…
DDoS SERVER AUTOSTART SCRIPT (ADSS) FOR LINUX
ADSS is a script written in Shell that automatically updates itself and determines your Linux OS’s version, bit size, and distribution.Tested support for the current version – Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora,…
Holiday Hack Challenge – 2020
Holiday Hack Challenge – 2020 So Zack of ZP Enterprises’ and a friend of ZP Enterprises signed up for the SAN’s Holiday Hack Challenge of 2020. And what an exciting…
What is a malicious payload?
Payloads are parts of cyber attacks which cause harm. Payloads can sit dormant for seconds or even months before they are triggered. What is a malicious payload? In the context…
When are email attachments safe to open?
Email attachments can contain malware. It is important to confirm who sent an attachment, why they sent it, and what it will do before opening or downloading it. When are…
IPsec (Internet Protocol Security)
What is IPsec (Internet Protocol Security)? IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) is a suite of protocols and algorithms… What is IPsec? IPsec stands for Internet Protocol Security. The IP part tells…
Password Sniffing Attack
Password sniffing is an attack on the Internet that is used to steal user names and passwords from the network. Today, it is mostly of historical interest, as most protocols…