FinGarde

03/15/2022

This article is mostly for bigger organizations that use the cisco switch.

Threat Update Cisco has released several patches to resolve vulnerabilities in their Cisco Nexus Series Switches. These vulnerabilities include critical flaws related to command injection, as well as three Denial of Service bugs in the NX-OS. These vulnerabilities are tracked...

03/09/2022

It's smart to keep servers up to date. Along with keeping up with updates and new patches. Be aware of phishing scams. Never open attachments in emails from people you don't know.

Threat Update The BlackByte Ransomware-as-a-Service group is quickly gaining traction by infecting and cryptolocking multiple companies. Reports regarding this ransomware in the wild have existed since July 2021. In response, the FBI and USSS (United States Secret Service) have issued...

03/08/2022

With the ongoing conflict in Ukraine cyberattacks are on the rise.

Threat Update In the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, security experts have been observing cyberattacks targeting Ukrainian government departments with overwhelming levels of Internet traffic and data-wiping malware. Upon further analysis, the Ukrainian government has found software and....

03/05/2022

FinGarde recommends replacing the infected plugins or themes with the latest versions available from WordPress repository. And install a clean version of WordPress to remove any modifications done by the attackers.

Threat Update AccessPress, a popular WordPress theme and plugin provider, was compromised in early September 2021 and several of their themes and plugins were injected with a backdoor. This gave the attackers full access to websites that installed these plugins....

03/04/2022

This a recent phishing scam that has come to light. Remember to always report phishing emails and don't click or open links from people you don't know.

Threat Update Threat actors are creating socially engineered emails containing PowerPoint file attachments with the extension “.ppam” to hide malicious executables which can rewrite Windows registry settings to gain control over end user’s computers. It is one of many stealthy...

03/02/2022

This is a recent article that recommends updating all of your apple deceives. It is highly recommended to keep these devices updated regularly, since patches are made specifically to prevent vulnerabilities from being exploited.

Threat Update After a browser fingerprinting and fraud detection detected an actively exploited vulnerability (which can be tracked as CVE-2022-22587) in Apple’s Safari 15 browser, Apple has released updates that fix the bug (iOS 15.3 and macOS Monterey 12.2). This...

02/21/2022

Happy Presidents Day!

02/11/2022

Super Bowl Sunday is coming up and our office team will be cheering for the Bengals this year!

11/16/2020

New window sign for our office front door!

11/10/2020

Our website recently got a big overhaul! Check it out and let us know what you think!

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10/30/2020

Meet Scout, the newest member of our growing team!