Vector Design Ltd.

27/03/2024

What is a 'zero-day' attack? If a computer or phone has a "zero-day" problem, it means that the software or device vendor has zero days to fix the flaw because malicious actors can exploit it to access vulnerable systems. The reports highlight why businesses' should learn from these attacks and apply the lessons learned to prevent future ones.

Zero-day vulnerabilities have seen an increase and investing in your business' security should be a priority like any other business asset. With the right security measures in place, your business can thrive with peace of mind and confidence in its ability to mitigate the risks against cyber threats.

Google detected nearly 100 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2023

27/03/2024

To guard against buffer overflow threats, users should prioritize keeping their software updated, employing ad-blocking software, exercising caution when interacting with online ads, and remaining vigilant against unsolicited messages. Simultaneously, organizations must enforce robust security measures to prevent the distribution of malicious ads through their platforms, thus minimizing the risk of exploitation.

22/03/2024

To protect against malvertising and bank trojans, users should keep their software up to date, use ad-blocking software, exercise caution when clicking on online ads, and be wary of unsolicited messages requesting sensitive information.

Organizations should implement security measures to prevent malicious ads from being distributed through their platforms.
Stay diligent!

20/03/2024

This episode reports on new backdoors, a new paper giving advice to OT network operators and more

29/04/2023

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tells ABC News’ Rebecca Jarvis that AI will reshape society and acknowledges the risks: “I think people should be happy that we are a l...

27/04/2023

According to Securiti (2022) Data Exposure occurs when an organization unknowingly exposes sensitive data or database or when a security incident leads to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, or unauthorized disclosure of, or access to sensitive data

Learn about Exposed Databases: main risks, root causes and which mitigations techniques are used to reduce these types of attacks.

14/04/2023

Social engineering is an threat that heavily relies on human interaction and involves manipulating people into breaking normal security procedures to gain unauthorized access to systems, networks or physical locations or for financial benefits.

https://us.norton.com/blog/emerging-threats/what-is-social-engineering

14/04/2023

This type of attack is possible because of HTTP Response Splitting and weak spot/point in a web server and cache. The attack redirects you to fraudulent site that possess as your intended destination where they can access your account upon you logging into the account you believe is yours. Once your information is accessed the attacker now has access to all your sensitive data.

To prevent this type of attack from happening to you be cautious of third-party software and ensure you are on a secured site (HTTPS). Stay diligent!

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13/04/2023

Amazon's new service, Bedrock, provides a number of generative AI models -- including Amazon's own -- as a service.

13/04/2023

Session hijacking can also be referred to as cookie hijacking. The users browsing session is hijacked either through a packet sniffer or through malware that has infected a user's computer causing Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, personal data theft and malware infections.

Recommended preventative measures of these types of attacks are to utilize a strong password and multi-factor authentication, a VPN and by keeping software up to date. Stay diligent!

31/03/2023

As more companies allow employees to access the network over other devices such as smartphones and tablets the likelihood of this type of attack increases as well. The personal devices used to access companies networks allows the risk of exposure to unknown threats.

By ensuring you don't access unsecured wi-fi, malicious email attachments, utilizing antivirus protection and only downloading from trusted sources these are the best ways to prevent Mobile Malware attacks. Stay diligent!

30/03/2023

Computers are physical and they can be vulnerable to physical attacks. These attacks might involve an attacker physically interacting with the computer, or involve other physical devices like smartcards or flash drives.

These attacks typically target critical infrastructure and healthcare sectors. Organizations in these industries have the greatest number of cyber-physical systems.