Network Security

Why Your Incident Response Plan Will Fail (And How to Fix It)

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Every organisation thinks their incident response plan is solid right up until something actually happens. Then reality hits, the plan is outdated, nobody knows their role, leadership panics, communication collapses, regulators breathe down your neck, and the incident becomes far worse than it needed to be. If you want an incident response plan that survives …

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Ethical Hacking: What It Is and Why It’s Important in Blue and Red Team Operations

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In today’s hyperconnected world, where data breaches and cyberattacks dominate headlines, the demand for robust cybersecurity measures has never been greater. Ethical hacking has emerged as a cornerstone of modern cybersecurity, serving as a proactive approach to identifying vulnerabilities before malicious hackers exploit them.  What Is Ethical Hacking?  Ethical hacking involves authorised attempts to gain …

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UPnP – Please Just Turn it Off

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UPnP Please Just Turn it Off

Universal Plug ‘n’ Play, a KRYPSYS favourite hot button, has recently been identified as facilitating larger denial-of-serviceattacks. Industry researchers observed suspect traffic from UPnP implementations, while analysing a Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP) amplification attack during April 2018. They spotted that while some of the attack packets were coming from familiar UDP ports, others were …

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