I always get asked this question “Is it safe to use a password manager??

Short answer is, it depends.

Some of the reasons to start using a password manager are listed below:

• We have too many accounts on the internet, keeping track of accounts becomes difficult
• Having many accounts brings…

Intro

Before the internet, applications, and data were stored in private data centers and access was very tightly controlled. Only people within an office premise could get access to the data from company-issued devices (desktops, laptops, dumb terminals). Access to office premises and data centers was controlled via access cards, keys…

Introduction

US departments of Commerce and Treasury were victims to the same threat vector that was exploited at FireEye. As organizations that have Solarwinds Orion installed conduct forensics on their environment, we will see the impacts of this backdoor. Brian Krebs has posted a list of organizations that were using Orion…

Do you know what is connected to your network, which applications are you and/or your organization is using?

Why is this important?

The majority of Cyber Security breaches are a result of an unpatched vulnerability in a device connected to your network. These can be to name a few, an operating system, application, database…

Introduction

On 8th December 2020, FireEye disclosed that they were hacked and the hackers got away with their Red teaming tools and they have no idea who was behind this attack.

When all efforts to identify the probable attacker fail it becomes it easily becomes the act perpetrated by “state-backed hackers.”

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Problem

I have been using Microsoft OneNote for 10+ years, hence have a lot of notes in it. Finding notes in OneNote is becoming difficult now, and there is no way to establish links between notes. I have started a journey towards adopting Personal Knowledge Management and Second Brain principles. After…

Active Threats

• “Payment card data from customers of Greenworks hardware tools website is currently being stolen by hackers via a malicious script with self-cloaking capabilities and anti-tampering protection. Greenworks distributes home and garden battery-powered tools for DIY consumers. Its business started in 2007 and grew to expand in North America and Europe.”…

Active Threats

• “In a new report shared with The Hacker News, cybersecurity firm RiskIQ said it identified three compromised websites belonging to Endeavor Business Media last month that are still hosting JavaScript skimming code — a classic tactic embraced by Magecart, a consortium of different hacker groups who target online shopping cart…