Liberty Cyber Solutions

10/27/2022

"The global cost of ransomware is expected to reach $231 billion by 2031, and with cybercrime growing more sophisticated, motivated and well-funded by the day, no enterprise nor industry is immune from its evolving variants."

Try out Liberty Cyber Solutions proactive offensive cybersecurity service to find out how vulnerable your company is.

With hybrid structures here to stay, organizations must take proactive steps that further position them to combat these evolving tactics and techniques.

08/29/2022

Can You Spot the Similarities?

In 2020, Marriot Hotels is hacked, and attackers steal the data of 5.2 million guests.

In 2021, after compromising IT management contractor Solar Wind, Russian attackers compromised at least nine federal agencies.

In 2022, a T-Mobile store owner is convicted of making $25 million through illegally unlocking and unblocking hundreds of thousands of cell phones.

The first is a group of small-time hackers infiltrating a hotel chain to steal guest data. The second is a powerful nation state using Advanced Persistent Threats to infiltrate a government. The third is a single store owner making millions providing an illegal service. All seem very different. Yet, all have one thing in common.

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Marriot Hotels was hacked when the credentials of two Marriot employees were compromised. The Solar Winds attackers compromised federal agencies and hid their presence on the network because of poor identity management. Finally, the T-Mobile store owner was able to illegally access the T-Mobile syst...

05/30/2022

Cybersecurity Roadmap in U.S. manufacturing for the next five years. The purpose of the Roadmap is to present a robust and aggressive pathway to transform the industry by making U.S. manufacturers the most cybersecure in the world. Attacks will be increasingly focused at the advanced persistent threat or sabotage levels, in addition to IP theft and ransomware. The aim of these attacks is simple: disrupt our critical manufacturing ecosystem and undermine our economy. The stakes are very high.

https://cymanii.org/roadmap2022/

05/20/2022

Remember The Mobile Devices!

Mobile devices are a serious risk to your organization. A group of researchers found that iPhones are susceptible to an attack that can install malware on the device without the user doing anything. The phone doesn’t even need to be on. Furthermore, this flaw is present in the device’s hardware, meaning it can’t be fixed by a software update!

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https://www.liberty-cyber.com/blog/remember-the-mobile-devices/

05/11/2022

Many small and medium business owners still believe that as long as they have network firewall, anti-virus and some employee trainings then they're protected. Well, Microsoft, Samsung, NVIDIA and many other tech giants have those too, but they have been recently hacked:

Microsoft
https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/microsoft-and-okta-confirm-breach-by.html

Samsung
https://threatpost.com/samsung-lapsus-ransomware-source-code/178791/

Nvidia
https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/01/nvidia-hackers-leak-ransomware/

The modern threat landscape is ever evolving, and hackers are getting smarter and smarter every day. Fileless malware and zero-day attacks are just a few that makes traditional firewall and anti-virus become ineffective.

The most effective forms of protection for this kind of cyberattacks are Artificial Intelligence based Endpoint Security and Advanced Threat Prevention with 24/7 continuous monitoring, rapid detection, and effective remediation by a Security Operations Center (SOC) team.

The issue is, how small and medium businesses could do continuous cyber threat monitoring, rapid detection, and effective remediation in a way that is both practical and affordable?

Liberty Cyber Solutions is an IT and Cybersecurity as a Service company that is dedicated to help startups, small and medium businesses in Greater Houston. Please visit us at www.liberty-cyber.com to learn more about cybersecurity and data protection services that until now is only available to large enterprises. We believe that every company — large and small — needs cybersecurity protection. You don't have to go it alone. Let us protect your organization from advanced threats so that you can focus on growing your business.

Microsoft and Okta confirm the breach after LAPSUS$ hackers posted stolen source code and screenshots showing access to its internal systems.

05/08/2022

Cybersecurity researchers reported that there were 623 million ransomware attacks, or a 1.7 million attacks per day - a growth of 105% globally in 2021.

The number of attacks only grew as cyber criminals continue to take advantage of the poor level of cybersecurity awareness by many organizations' employees. In the first quarter of 2022 alone, several giant enterprises including Microsoft, Samsung, Nvidia and two of Toyota suppliers Denso Corp and Bridgestone Americas have been hit by cyberattacks.

Here's the bad news: things are likely to get even worse unless we do something about it. On March 21, President Joe Biden urged business leaders to harden cyber defenses immediately based on evolving intelligence that the Russian Government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks against the U.S. private sectors.

Every organization — large and small — must be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber incidents. In fact, small businesses are ideal target for hackers because of their lack of resources and security expertise.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has prepared a mitigation guidance to help protect cyber systems and networks. If you're a startup or small business owner and need help to implement the guidance, don't hesitate to contact Liberty Cyber Solutions at [email protected]. We're committed to support locally owned startup and small businesses in Greater Houston to be prepared for, respond to, and mitigate the impact of cyberattacks.

https://www.cisa.gov/shields-up